From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 6 19:33:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E8F16A4E0 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 19:33:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from mxsf07.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf07.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FAF843D5F for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 19:33:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.137]) by mxsf07.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k66JXakV010684 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:33:37 -0400 Received: from 24-176-112-254.dhcp.jcsn.tn.charter.com (HELO [192.168.254.3]) ([24.176.112.254]) by mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 06 Jul 2006 15:33:37 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,214,1149480000"; d="scan'208"; a="379566336:sNHT17756932" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <44r70y61le.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <6B2BAB0B-0750-46C4-A5B0-D025019CE6FE@charter.net> <44r70y61le.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Howse Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 14:33:20 -0500 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: Re: ports/packages (sysinstall and dependencies) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:33:39 -0000 On Jul 6, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Charles Howse writes: > >> Hi, >> 6.1-RELEASE-p2 >> I recently used sysinstall to install cups-1.1.23 via packages/ftp/ >> Main Site. >> That adds ghostscript-gnu and xorg-libraries as dependencies. >> >> That's not what I wanted, I don't use a gui, so I selected >> ghostscript-gnu-no-X11. >> That didn't work, it installed ghostscript-gnu first and the no-X11 >> install failed. >> >> Now I'm stuck with xorg-libraries, which I don't need nor want. >> >> Is there a way to install ghostscript-gnu-no-X11 and fix the cups >> dependencies? >> >> What would have been the proper way to use sysinstall/packages or >> pkg_add and get no-X11 instead of regular ghostscript-gnu? > > I'm not sure I'm understanding your situation properly, but packages > really work best if you are willing to live with whatever the default > options are. If you want to tune the installation for your > environment, > the ports system will do so a lot easier than autofetched packages. The situation is under control now. What I was trying to do was get cups-1.1.23 as a package, since it is not available in the ports system. Ports has 1.2.0. I will live with xorg-libraries. :) -- A Great place to have fun and learn about Barbecue - http://bubbabbq.homeunix.net