Eliminating X dependency from python

[Rainer Müller]

On 2010-07-02 04:16 , Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
> I have denyhosts installed. That's a nice python package.
> 
> It wants python (obviously).
> 
> But installing denyhosts installs python default, which installs tk by
> default, which in turn brings in (just about)  the entire X package.
> 
> So, two questions:
> 1. Why is the default for a scripting language to bring in the entire
> gui system? Why isn't that a variant?

http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#pydeps

> 2. What's the proper way to check for surprises like that beforehand?
> (I'm finding out by repeating port echo leaves, port info leaves, sudo
> port uninstall leaves, and making notes of what to reinstall later.)

"sudo port -y install" will do a dry-run and show what will be installed.

Also possible:
"port echo rdepof:python26 and not installed" will list ports that are
not already installed.

> 3. For python, how do I specify "Give me command line scripting, no gui"?

Use the +no_tkinter variant, "sudo port install python26 +no_tkinter".

Rainer