Silviu-Marian asked:
I need to install ImageMagick on a 1&1 Linux VPS.
So I open putty, I log in, I type yum install ImageMagick
Then it tells me it needs to download about 90MB of packages, update a few others, and maybe then it will finally install ImageMagick. Within that big list there are a big bunch of stuff, as far as I can understand they’re uncommon to a VPS environment (audio libraries, X window system, even Gnome), check this out:
Installing:
ImageMagick i386 6.2.8.0-15.el5_8 updates 3.3 M
ImageMagick x86_64 6.2.8.0-15.el5_8 updates 3.3 M
Updating:
bzip2-libs x86_64 1.0.3-6.el5_5 base 35 k
cups-libs x86_64 1:1.3.7-30.el5 base 196 k
dbus x86_64 1.1.2-16.el5_7 base 234 k
freetype x86_64 2.2.1-31.el5_8.1 updates 312 k
glib2 x86_64 2.12.3-4.el5_3.1 base 693 k
gnutls x86_64 1.4.1-7.el5_8.2 updates 365 k
libX11 x86_64 1.0.3-11.el5_7.1 base 798 k
libacl x86_64 2.2.39-8.el5 base 20 k
libgcrypt x86_64 1.4.4-5.el5_8.2 updates 233 k
libpng x86_64 2:1.2.10-17.el5_8 updates 235 k
libtiff x86_64 3.8.2-15.el5_8 updates 314 k
libusb x86_64 0.1.12-6.el5 base 27 k
libxml2 x86_64 2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.2 updates 809 k
popt x86_64 1.10.2.3-28.el5_8 updates 78 k
rpm-libs x86_64 4.4.2.3-28.el5_8 updates 925 k
Installing for dependencies:
GConf2 i386 2.14.0-9.el5 base 1.5 M
GConf2 x86_64 2.14.0-9.el5 base 1.5 M
ORBit2 i386 2.14.3-5.el5 base 252 k
ORBit2 x86_64 2.14.3-5.el5 base 263 k
alsa-lib x86_64 1.0.17-1.el5 base 414 k
atk i386 1.12.2-1.fc6 base 222 k
atk x86_64 1.12.2-1.fc6 base 224 k
audiofile x86_64 1:0.2.6-5 base 107 k
avahi x86_64 0.6.16-10.el5_6 base 258 k
avahi i386 0.6.16-10.el5_6 base 251 k
avahi-glib i386 0.6.16-10.el5_6 base 15 k
avahi-glib x86_64 0.6.16-10.el5_6 base 15 k
bitstream-vera-fonts noarch 1.10-7 base 343 k
bzip2-libs i386 1.0.3-6.el5_5 base 37 k
cairo x86_64 1.2.4-5.el5 base 386 k
cairo i386 1.2.4-5.el5 base 394 k
chkfontpath x86_64 1.10.1-1.1 base 15 k
cryptsetup-luks x86_64 1.0.3-8.el5 base 710 k
cups-libs i386 1:1.3.7-30.el5 base 200 k
dbus-glib i386 0.73-10.el5_5 base 161 k
dbus-libs i386 1.1.2-16.el5_7 base 124 k
dbus-python x86_64 0.70-9.el5_4 base 186 k
dropbox x86_64 0.7.110-1.el4.rf rpmforge 13 M
esound x86_64 1:0.2.36-4 base 131 k
fontconfig i386 2.4.1-7.el5 base 174 k
freetype i386 2.2.1-31.el5_8.1 updates 312 k
gamin i386 0.1.7-10.el5 base 120 k
gamin x86_64 0.1.7-10.el5 base 129 k
ghostscript x86_64 8.70-14.el5 base 8.9 M
ghostscript i386 8.70-14.el5 base 9.0 M
ghostscript-fonts noarch 5.50-13.1.1 base 801 k
glib2 i386 2.12.3-4.el5_3.1 base 674 k
gnome-keyring x86_64 0.6.0-1.fc6 base 166 k
gnome-mime-data x86_64 2.4.2-3.1 base 691 k
gnome-mount x86_64 0.5-3.el5 base 70 k
gnome-vfs2 i386 2.16.2-8.el5 base 1.2 M
gnome-vfs2 x86_64 2.16.2-8.el5 base 1.3 M
gnutls i386 1.4.1-7.el5_8.2 updates 351 k
gtk2 x86_64 2.10.4-21.el5_7.7 base 6.6 M
gtk2 i386 2.10.4-21.el5_7.7 base 6.5 M
hal x86_64 0.5.8.1-62.el5 base 377 k
hal i386 0.5.8.1-62.el5 base 395 k
hicolor-icon-theme noarch 0.9-2.1 base 25 k
hwdata noarch 0.213.26-1.el5 base 423 k
kbd x86_64 1.12-21.el5 base 1.3 M
lcms i386 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2 base 176 k
lcms x86_64 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2 base 177 k
libFS x86_64 1.0.0-3.1 base 30 k
libICE i386 1.0.1-2.1 base 54 k
libIDL x86_64 0.8.7-1.fc6 base 87 k
libIDL i386 0.8.7-1.fc6 base 85 k
libSM i386 1.0.1-3.1 base 27 k
libX11 i386 1.0.3-11.el5_7.1 base 797 k
libXau i386 1.0.1-3.1 base 18 k
libXcomposite x86_64 0.3-5.1 base 12 k
libXcursor i386 1.1.7-1.2 base 32 k
libXcursor x86_64 1.1.7-1.2 base 32 k
libXdamage x86_64 1.0.3-2.1 base 11 k
libXdmcp i386 1.0.1-2.1 base 19 k
libXext i386 1.0.1-2.1 base 35 k
libXfixes x86_64 4.0.1-2.1 base 15 k
libXfixes i386 4.0.1-2.1 base 14 k
libXfont x86_64 1.2.2-1.0.4.el5_7 base 245 k
libXft x86_64 2.1.10-1.1 base 44 k
libXft i386 2.1.10-1.1 base 44 k
libXi x86_64 1.0.1-4.el5_4 base 26 k
libXi i386 1.0.1-4.el5_4 base 25 k
libXinerama x86_64 1.0.1-2.1 base 9.8 k
libXinerama i386 1.0.1-2.1 base 9.7 k
libXrandr x86_64 1.1.1-3.3 base 15 k
libXrandr i386 1.1.1-3.3 base 15 k
libXrender x86_64 0.9.1-3.1 base 28 k
libXrender i386 0.9.1-3.1 base 27 k
libXres x86_64 1.0.1-3.1 base 14 k
libXt i386 1.0.2-3.2.el5 base 173 k
libacl i386 2.2.39-8.el5 base 19 k
libart_lgpl x86_64 2.3.17-4 base 75 k
libattr i386 2.4.32-1.1 base 12 k
libbonobo i386 2.16.0-1.1.el5_5.1 base 502 k
libbonobo x86_64 2.16.0-1.1.el5_5.1 base 524 k
libbonoboui x86_64 2.16.0-1.fc6 base 394 k
libcap i386 1.10-26 base 22 k
libcroco x86_64 0.6.1-2.1 base 129 k
libcroco i386 0.6.1-2.1 base 127 k
libdaemon i386 0.10-5.el5 base 24 k
libdaemon x86_64 0.10-5.el5 base 24 k
libfontenc x86_64 1.0.2-2.2.el5 base 19 k
libgcrypt i386 1.4.4-5.el5_8.2 updates 251 k
libglade2 x86_64 2.6.0-2 base 96 k
libgnome x86_64 2.16.0-6.el5 base 860 k
libgnomecanvas x86_64 2.14.0-4.1 base 224 k
libgnomeui x86_64 2.16.0-5.el5 base 984 k
libgpg-error i386 1.4-2 base 60 k
libgsf i386 1.14.1-6.1 base 116 k
libgsf x86_64 1.14.1-6.1 base 113 k
libjpeg i386 6b-37 base 139 k
libnotify x86_64 0.4.2-6.el5 base 38 k
libpng i386 2:1.2.10-17.el5_8 updates 241 k
librsvg2 i386 2.16.1-1.el5 base 178 k
librsvg2 x86_64 2.16.1-1.el5 base 178 k
libtiff i386 3.8.2-15.el5_8 updates 309 k
libusb i386 0.1.12-6.el5 base 26 k
libvolume_id i386 095-14.27.el5_7.1 base 44 k
libvolume_id x86_64 095-14.27.el5_7.1 base 43 k
libwmf x86_64 0.2.8.4-10.2 base 832 k
libwmf i386 0.2.8.4-10.2 base 834 k
libwnck x86_64 2.16.0-4.fc6 base 185 k
libxml2 i386 2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.2 updates 797 k
notification-daemon x86_64 0.3.5-9.el5 base 48 k
pango i386 1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3 base 334 k
pango x86_64 1.14.9-8.el5.centos.3 base 338 k
pciutils x86_64 3.1.7-5.el5 base 112 k
pm-utils x86_64 0.99.3-10.el5.centos base 134 k
popt i386 1.10.2.3-28.el5_8 updates 76 k
shared-mime-info x86_64 0.19-5.el5 base 149 k
startup-notification x86_64 0.8-4.1 base 32 k
ttmkfdir x86_64 3.0.9-23.el5 base 46 k
urw-fonts noarch 2.3-6.1.1 base 4.5 M
xorg-x11-font-utils x86_64 1:7.1-3 base 78 k
xorg-x11-xfs x86_64 1:1.0.2-5.el5_6.1 base 73 k
I fear that if I give it a green light to do whatever it wants, the VPS will never start again (after restart).
What should I do? I only want ImageMagick for PHP.
My answer:
ImageMagick was built with X11 and Gtk+ support, and so it pulls in a lot of dependencies. Some of the graphics libraries that ImageMagick uses also depend on parts of the windowing system. None of these will automatically start a graphical login on your system or break the boot process. So it’s safe to install, but will use some disk space.
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