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thawn

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[SOLVED] qt5-base without GUI dependencies (wayland, mesa, xorgproto)

I am trying to install qt5-base, as a dependency for mkvtoolnix-cli on a headless system. However, qt5-base depends on a lot of GUI dependencies:

Packages (61) avahi-0.8+22+gfd482a7-3  double-conversion-3.2.0-1  fontconfig-2:2.13.94-2  freetype2-2.11.1-1
              graphite-1:1.3.14-1  harfbuzz-3.2.0-1  libcups-1:2.4.1-1  libdaemon-0.14-5  libdrm-2.4.109-1
              libevdev-1.12.0-1  libglvnd-1.4.0-1  libgudev-237-1  libice-1.0.10-3  libinput-1.19.3-2
              libjpeg-turbo-2.1.2-1  libomxil-bellagio-0.9.3-3  libpciaccess-0.16-2  libpng-1.6.37-3  libproxy-0.4.17-6
              libsm-1.2.3-2  libtiff-4.3.0-1  libunwind-1.6.2-1  libusb-1.0.24-2  libwacom-2.0.0-2  libx11-1.7.3.1-1
              libxau-1.0.9-3  libxcb-1.14-1  libxdamage-1.1.5-3  libxdmcp-1.1.3-3  libxext-1.3.4-3  libxfixes-6.0.0-1
              libxi-1.8-1  libxkbcommon-1.3.1-1  libxkbcommon-x11-1.3.1-1  libxmu-1.1.3-2  libxrender-0.9.10-4
              libxshmfence-1.3-2  libxt-1.2.1-1  libxxf86vm-1.1.4-4  llvm-libs-13.0.0-6
              lm_sensors-1:3.6.0.r41.g31d1f125-1  md4c-0.4.8-1  mesa-21.3.5-1  mtdev-1.1.6-1
              qt5-translations-5.15.2+kde+r20-2  shared-mime-info-2.0+115+gd74a913-1  tslib-1.22-1
              vulkan-icd-loader-1.2.203-1  wayland-1.20.0-1  xcb-proto-1.14.1-5  xcb-util-0.4.0-3
              xcb-util-image-0.4.0-3  xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0-3  xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9-3  xcb-util-wm-0.4.1-3
              xdg-utils-1.1.3+19+g9816ebb-1  xkeyboard-config-2.34-1  xorg-xprop-1.2.5-1  xorg-xset-1.2.4-2
              xorgproto-2021.5-1  qt5-base-5.15.2+kde+r295-1

It seems to me that there is quite a bit of clutter there that should not be needed for qt5-base (afaik, qt5-base has much fewer dependencies on debian systems).

From what I can tell, the culprit is mesa, which in turn pulls in wayland.

Is it possible, to install qt5-base without the GUI dependencies?

Last edited by thawn (2022-01-29 17:45:15)

Slithery

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Re: [SOLVED] qt5-base without GUI dependencies (wayland, mesa, xorgproto)

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qt5-base-headless/

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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thawn

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Re: [SOLVED] qt5-base without GUI dependencies (wayland, mesa, xorgproto)

perfect, that is exactly what I was looking for thanks!

Slithery

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Re: [SOLVED] qt5-base without GUI dependencies (wayland, mesa, xorgproto)

Glad I could help. Welcome to the forums

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

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