On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Matt Harrison <matt.harriso...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Chris Brennan <xa...@xaerolimit.net> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Andrei Popescu < > andreimpope...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> On Mi, 30 mar 11, 16:17:52, Chris Brennan wrote: > >> > > >> > So why the hell is apache being installed/upgraded on a desktop > install > >> > w/ > >> > no "server" services? > >> > >> It's being upgraded, which means it is already installed on your system. > >> Try 'aptitude why apache2.2-bin', maybe it will shed some light on why > >> it is installed. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Andrei > >> -- > >> Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > > > > > > Ya I just did that and it was installed because of gnome .... I don't > > remember installing gnome ... when I installed my laptop, I chose no WM > nor > > X as I wanted to learn how to do it *the debian way* using > apt-get/aptitude. > > I went from X to fluxbox and gnome wasn't an inbetween. I imagine some > deps > > where installed with other packages but upon checking .... I have a full > > gnome install and I *know* I didn't install it, so I am left scratching > my > > head. > > [snip] > > root@Blackdragon:~# aptitude why apache2.2-bin > > i gnome Depends gnome-desktop-environment (= > 1:2.30+7) > > i A gnome-desktop-environment Depends gnome-user-share (>= 2.30) > > i A gnome-user-share Depends apache2.2-bin > > root@Blackdragon:~# > > [/snip] > > > > -- > > > > > > Did you know... > > If you play a Windows 2000 CD backwards, you hear satanic messages, > > but what's worse is when you play it forward.... > > ...it installs Windows 2000 > > -- Alfred Perlstein on chat at freebsd.org > > > Do you have GDM installed by chance? I noticed the same thing on my > XFCE install and the only thing I could trace to gnome dependencies > was GDM. Indeed, I do have gdm3 .... it appears I have a full gnome install but why does gdm depend on a webserver? -- Did you know... If you play a Windows 2000 CD backwards, you hear satanic messages, but what's worse is when you play it forward.... ...it installs Windows 2000 -- Alfred Perlstein on chat at freebsd.org
