I installed Webalizer on my server (which doesn't have X) and it won't load because the libraries for X aren't there.

webalizer: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I can't find this library anywhere (except a debian package). Tried finding the library with pkgtool but had no success. I'm sure you don't need X installed just run this module, what gives?

Which version of Slackware are you using? Apparently, webalizer is linked against X libraries so you can install X to provide the libraries even though X won't actually be running.

Peace...

10.2, seems like overkill to have to install X just to get this app going. If that turns out to be the case I guess I'll just have to deal with no webalizer.

Yeah, I know what you mean. You might be able to get away with installing a part of X, depending on how the Slack packages are organized.

Why webalizer is linked against X, I have *no* idea but c'est la vie.

Peace...

Well I know why there is an X dependency.
Webalizer needs gd for the generation of the bitmap graphics, and gd depends on X for the ability to generate XPM files.
You are quite right, that this is a little rediculous to have as a dependency for a pure commandline tool like webalizer. I will build a couple of packages if you can wait for them, and I'll upload them to http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/

Look for:
- gd-nox (gd without X dependency)
- webalizer (the version currently in the repository, webalizer-2.01.10-i486-2.tgz, does have the X dependency still)
- freetype2 (because gd needs that to use TrueType fonts in the graphics. I have a freetype package that you can install without the need for X, I guess - but I will verify that tomorrow, too)

I'll update this thread if I managed to remove the X dependency.

Eric

Sweet! Thanks!

Now that is what I call service!

Peace...

Whether you succeed or not you are my hero, thanks man!

Try installing these on your X-less Slackware box (packages compiled on Slackware 10.2 without X installed, but the SlackBuilds for them should produce the same packages not depending on X):

freetype2

gd-nox

webalizer

And tell me if they work for you.

Eric

Update: I also added a statically linked package as webalizer_static
This one needs no other packages at all. It was linked with the "gd-nox" and freetype2 libraries.

None of the links work at the moment. The slack website appears to be down. If the files aren't so large as to be an inconvenience to you, you can email them to me if you want at mustangfanatic01@gmail.com and I will host them. I have an OC12 connection I can put them up on.

Hmmm. Indeed, the Slackware server does not respond. Don't know what is happening, I hope a massive update to Slackware-current :-)

FYI: my own server hosts the package repository as well: look at http://sox.homeip.net/slackware/slackbuilds/
You can find all of the packages and SlackBuild scripts there, as well.

Eric

I installed the static package and I'm able to access webalizer through webmin now with no dependancy errors! Thank you sir