[MacPorts] #53790: wget port variant that does not require X11

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#53790: wget port variant that does not require X11
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  Reporter:  mathomp4     |      Owner:  ryandesign
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:  wget         |
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Old description:

> Macports devels,
>
> This is an enhancement I'd really like. I tend to use wget as my "URL
> getter" of choice mainly because of muscle memory ('wget' instead of
> 'curl -O' flies off my fingers better).
>
> So, I'd like to install wget on my Mac. But, I try to keep my Macports
> installs fairly lean for the times I need to rebuild them all, etc. But,
> lets say I want wget:
> {{{
> (26) $ port -y install wget
> --->  Computing dependencies for wget
> The following dependencies will be installed:
>  cairo
>  desktop-file-utils
>  fontconfig
>  freetype
>  ghostscript
>  glib2
>  gnutls
>  gobject-introspection
>  graphite2
>  groff
>  harfbuzz
>  harfbuzz-icu
>  help2man
>  icu
>  jasper
>  jbig2dec
>  jbigkit
>  jpeg
>  lcms2
>  libnetpbm
>  libpixman
>  libpng
>  libtasn1
>  libunistring
>  libzzip
>  mpfr
>  netpbm
>  nettle
>  openjpeg
>  p11-kit
>  p5.24-locale-gettext
>  poppler
>  poppler-data
>  potrace
>  psutils
>  py27-appdirs
>  py27-beaker
>  py27-certifi
>  py27-mako
>  py27-markupsafe
>  py27-packaging
>  py27-parsing
>  py27-setuptools
>  py27-six
>  texinfo
>  texlive-basic
>  texlive-bin
>  texlive-common
>  tiff
>  xorg-bigreqsproto
>  xorg-fixesproto
>  xorg-inputproto
>  xorg-kbproto
>  xorg-libX11
>  xorg-libXau
>  xorg-libXaw
>  xorg-libXdmcp
>  xorg-libXext
>  xorg-libXfixes
>  xorg-libXi
>  xorg-libXmu
>  xorg-libXp
>  xorg-libXt
>  xorg-libice
>  xorg-libpthread-stubs
>  xorg-libsm
>  xorg-libxcb
>  xorg-printproto
>  xorg-renderproto
>  xorg-util-macros
>  xorg-xcb-proto
>  xorg-xcb-util
>  xorg-xcmiscproto
>  xorg-xextproto
>  xorg-xf86bigfontproto
>  xorg-xproto
>  xorg-xtrans
>  xpm
>  xrender
> Continue? [Y/n]: n
>
> }}}
>
> That seems a bit much for wget, a program even GNU says works on non-X
> terminals:
>
> {{{
> GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP,
> HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.
> It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from
> scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.
> }}}
>
> The fact that it seems to need all of X and TeXLive as well as bits of
> Python and Perl (parts of which I have installed). My guess is because
> its docs need TeX might be triggering this?
>
> Could there possibly be a way to create a "lite" variant that might end
> up just getting wget and maybe some simple GNU tools? Maybe by only
> building manpages and not docs that need texinfo?

New description:

 Macports devels,

 This is an enhancement I'd really like. I tend to use wget as my "URL
 getter" of choice mainly because of muscle memory ('wget' instead of 'curl
 -O' flies off my fingers better).

 So, I'd like to install wget on my Mac. But, I try to keep my Macports
 installs fairly lean for the times I need to rebuild them all, etc. But,
 lets say I want wget:
 {{{
 (26) $ port -y install wget
 --->  Computing dependencies for wget
 The following dependencies will be installed:
  cairo
  desktop-file-utils
  fontconfig
  freetype
  ghostscript
  glib2
  gnutls
  gobject-introspection
  graphite2
  groff
  harfbuzz
  harfbuzz-icu
  help2man
  icu
  jasper
  jbig2dec
  jbigkit
  jpeg
  lcms2
  libnetpbm
  libpixman
  libpng
  libtasn1
  libunistring
  libzzip
  mpfr
  netpbm
  nettle
  openjpeg
  p11-kit
  p5.24-locale-gettext
  poppler
  poppler-data
  potrace
  psutils
  py27-appdirs
  py27-beaker
  py27-certifi
  py27-mako
  py27-markupsafe
  py27-packaging
  py27-parsing
  py27-setuptools
  py27-six
  texinfo
  texlive-basic
  texlive-bin
  texlive-common
  tiff
  xorg-bigreqsproto
  xorg-fixesproto
  xorg-inputproto
  xorg-kbproto
  xorg-libX11
  xorg-libXau
  xorg-libXaw
  xorg-libXdmcp
  xorg-libXext
  xorg-libXfixes
  xorg-libXi
  xorg-libXmu
  xorg-libXp
  xorg-libXt
  xorg-libice
  xorg-libpthread-stubs
  xorg-libsm
  xorg-libxcb
  xorg-printproto
  xorg-renderproto
  xorg-util-macros
  xorg-xcb-proto
  xorg-xcb-util
  xorg-xcmiscproto
  xorg-xextproto
  xorg-xf86bigfontproto
  xorg-xproto
  xorg-xtrans
  xpm
  xrender
 Continue? [Y/n]: n

 }}}

 That seems a bit much for wget, a program even GNU says works on non-X
 terminals:

 {{{
 GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS
 and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.
 It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from
 scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.
 }}}

 The fact that it seems to need all of X and TeXLive as well as bits of
 Python and Perl (parts of which I have installed). My guess is because its
 docs need TeX might be triggering this?

 Could there possibly be a way to create a "lite" variant that might end up
 just getting wget and maybe some simple GNU tools? Maybe by only building
 manpages and not docs that need texinfo?

 Personally, I think this ticket should be closed as "worksforme".

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Comment (by ctreleaven):

 I don't think this problem is all that serious.  As noted, most of the
 packages are only required for the build.  Binary packages of wget are
 available:

 http://packages.macports.org/wget/

 In such cases, its direct build dependencies _won't_ need to be installed
 (although I haven't tested this on a clean system):

 {{{
 $ port info --depends_build wget
 depends_build: texinfo, perl5.24, pkgconfig
 }}}

 The overall number of build dependencies that will get installed depends
 on whether there are binary packages for each of the non-build
 dependencies that wget need--unless the user has chosen to build
 everything from source.  I haven't gone to the effort of checking each
 one.  The following lists the non-build deps:

 {{{
 $ port rdeps --no-build wget
 The following ports are dependencies of wget @1.19.1_0+ssl:
   libidn
     libiconv
     gettext
       expat
       ncurses
   nettle
     gmp
   pcre
     bzip2
     libedit
     zlib
   gnutls
     libtasn1
     libunistring
     p11-kit
       desktop-file-utils
         glib2
           libffi
         popt
       libxslt
         libxml2
           xz
       curl-ca-bundle
 }}}

 I trust this list is acceptable.  ;)

 In any event, after wget is installed, the 'port leaves' command should
 indicate any such packages that got installed but can be pruned.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/53790#comment:7>
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