It's been going for an age and things I have seen scroll past include such gems as libX11, ncurses and my personal favorite: perl5!
Is this normal?
python25 is a rather kitchen-sink build.
It depends on tk, which depends on Xft2 … that's where some X11 stuff comes from.
There's a script available to show all dependencies involved.
You can manually edit the portfile to remove the dependency on tk
, which is the main culprit.
sudo port edit python25
(Look for port:tk
in the depends_lib
section.)
I did this for awhile to keep MacPorts version of Getmail, but in the end, I just began to manually install Getmail instead.
I love both MacPorts and Fink, but I hate how quick they are to drag in whole new Python, Perl or Ruby installations. As a contrast, you might check out Rudix. It's a much thinner environment, though it doesn't support as many packages as MacPorts or Fink.
no_tk
variant. Might not get accepted, but it's worth a shot.
Macports installs in a separate location, I think /opt, so you don't have to worry about polluting your system.