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I just recently finished setting up my file server (again) and this time around I also wanted to make it a print server. So I've been reading and found out ...
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    Installing CUPS without X

    I just recently finished setting up my file server (again) and this time around I also wanted to make it a print server. So I've been reading and found out all I needed was cupsys to get it functioning. However, this server doesn't have X install since having it would just be a waste of resources and apparently cupsys depends on gs-esp which in turn depends on libx11.

    My question: is there any way to get CUPS installed, and functioning, without the X dependency?

    This is on a Debian Etch install.

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    libx11 is just the x library, its not the x server if thats what you're trying to avoid installing

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    Well, I'm trying to avoid anything I don't need! In this case I'm considering xlib to be useless and unnecessary, and this is what I'm trying to avoid. My /usr partition isn't that big because I wanted to leave as much space as possible for the exported file system... every little bit counts.

    I just checked further and found out libx11 and all it's extra dependencies are only going to add 5MB to the install. I guess this isn't so bad, and I'm going to go ahead and install it anyway for now until, or if, I find away to not install it.
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