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Description of problem: When installing tomcat6 (directly or using groupinstall web-servlet) on a minimal install RHEL6 box I want to pull in 118 packages, mostly because it thinks it needs a gui. Why does tomcat6 needs a gui? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tomcat6 v6.0.24-45.el6 How reproducible: yum groupinstall web-servlet on a minimal install _or_ yum install tomcat6 on a minimal install Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install tomcat6 2. 3. Actual results: tomcat6 install including a gui Expected results: tomcat6 installed without a gui Additional info: Here is the yum output: ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: tomcat6 noarch 6.0.24-45.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 88 k Installing for dependencies: ORBit2 x86_64 2.14.17-3.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 168 k alsa-lib x86_64 1.0.22-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 370 k at x86_64 3.1.10-43.el6_2.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 60 k atk x86_64 1.28.0-2.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 191 k avahi-libs x86_64 0.6.25-11.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 54 k axis noarch 1.2.1-7.2.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 1.5 M bc x86_64 1.06.95-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 110 k bcel x86_64 5.2-7.2.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 1.4 M cairo x86_64 1.8.8-3.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 309 k cdparanoia-libs x86_64 10.2-5.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 47 k classpathx-jaf x86_64 1.0-15.4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 100 k classpathx-mail noarch 1.1.1-9.4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 479 k cups x86_64 1:1.4.2-48.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 2.3 M cups-libs x86_64 1:1.4.2-48.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 315 k cvs x86_64 1.11.23-11.el6_2.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 712 k ecj x86_64 1:3.4.2-6.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 2.8 M ed x86_64 1.1-3.3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 72 k fontconfig x86_64 2.8.0-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 186 k foomatic x86_64 4.0.4-1.el6_1.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 251 k foomatic-db noarch 4.0-7.20091126.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 980 k foomatic-db-filesystem noarch 4.0-7.20091126.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 4.3 k foomatic-db-ppds noarch 4.0-7.20091126.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 19 M freetype x86_64 2.3.11-6.el6_2.9 rhel-x86_64-server-6 359 k gettext x86_64 0.17-16.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 1.8 M ghostscript x86_64 8.70-14.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 4.4 M ghostscript-fonts noarch 5.50-23.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 750 k gnutls x86_64 2.8.5-4.el6_2.2 rhel-x86_64-server-6 342 k gstreamer x86_64 0.10.29-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 764 k gstreamer-plugins-base x86_64 0.10.29-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 942 k gstreamer-tools x86_64 0.10.29-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 23 k gtk2 x86_64 2.18.9-10.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 3.3 M hicolor-icon-theme noarch 0.11-1.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 40 k iso-codes noarch 3.16-2.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 2.5 M jakarta-commons-collections noarch 3.2.1-3.4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 523 k jakarta-commons-daemon x86_64 1:1.0.1-8.9.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 45 k jakarta-commons-dbcp noarch 1.2.1-13.8.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 116 k jakarta-commons-discovery noarch 1:0.4-5.4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 73 k jakarta-commons-httpclient x86_64 1:3.1-0.6.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 580 k jakarta-commons-logging noarch 1.0.4-10.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 52 k jakarta-commons-pool x86_64 1.3-12.7.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 122 k jasper-libs x86_64 1.900.1-15.el6_1.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 136 k java-1.5.0-gcj x86_64 1.5.0.0-29.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 146 k java_cup x86_64 1:0.10k-5.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 197 k jpackage-utils noarch 1.7.5-3.12.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 59 k lcms-libs x86_64 1.19-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 100 k libICE x86_64 1.0.6-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 53 k libIDL x86_64 0.8.13-2.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 83 k libSM x86_64 1.1.0-7.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 26 k libX11 x86_64 1.3-2.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 582 k libX11-common noarch 1.3-2.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 188 k libXext x86_64 1.1-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 33 k libXfont x86_64 1.4.1-2.el6_1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 128 k libXi x86_64 1.3-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 32 k libXrandr x86_64 1.3.0-4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 30 k libXt x86_64 1.0.7-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 174 k libXtst x86_64 1.0.99.2-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 22 k libXv x86_64 1.0.5-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 21 k libXxf86vm x86_64 1.1.0-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 18 k libart_lgpl x86_64 2.3.20-5.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 65 k libfontenc x86_64 1.0.5-2.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 24 k libgcj x86_64 4.4.6-4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 19 M libgomp x86_64 4.4.6-4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 117 k libjpeg x86_64 6b-46.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 134 k libmng x86_64 1.0.10-4.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 164 k libogg x86_64 2:1.1.4-2.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 21 k liboil x86_64 0.3.16-4.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 122 k libtasn1 x86_64 2.3-3.el6_2.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 238 k libthai x86_64 0.1.12-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 183 k libtheora x86_64 1:1.1.0-2.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 129 k libtiff x86_64 3.9.4-6.el6_3 rhel-x86_64-server-6 341 k libvisual x86_64 0.4.0-9.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 135 k libvorbis x86_64 1:1.2.3-4.el6_2.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 168 k libxcb x86_64 1.5-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 99 k log4j x86_64 1.2.14-6.4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 679 k mesa-dri-drivers x86_64 7.11-5.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 11 M mesa-libGL x86_64 7.11-5.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 145 k mesa-libGLU x86_64 7.11-5.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 201 k mx4j noarch 1:3.0.1-9.13.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 1.1 M openjpeg-libs x86_64 1.3-8.el6_3 rhel-x86_64-server-6 59 k pango x86_64 1.28.1-3.el6_0.5 rhel-x86_64-server-6 351 k patch x86_64 2.6-6.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 91 k pax x86_64 3.4-10.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 69 k perl-CGI x86_64 3.51-127.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 207 k perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker x86_64 6.55-127.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 291 k perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS x86_64 1:2.2003.0-127.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 43 k perl-Test-Harness x86_64 3.17-127.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 230 k perl-Test-Simple x86_64 0.92-127.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 110 k perl-devel x86_64 4:5.10.1-127.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 421 k phonon-backend-gstreamer x86_64 1:4.6.2-24.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 126 k pkgconfig x86_64 1:0.23-9.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 70 k poppler x86_64 0.12.4-3.el6_0.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 557 k poppler-data noarch 0.4.0-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 2.2 M poppler-utils x86_64 0.12.4-3.el6_0.1 rhel-x86_64-server-6 73 k portreserve x86_64 0.0.4-9.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 23 k qt x86_64 1:4.6.2-24.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 4.0 M qt-sqlite x86_64 1:4.6.2-24.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 51 k qt-x11 x86_64 1:4.6.2-24.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 12 M qt3 x86_64 3.3.8b-30.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 3.5 M redhat-lsb x86_64 4.0-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 24 k redhat-lsb-graphics x86_64 4.0-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 12 k redhat-lsb-printing x86_64 4.0-3.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 11 k regexp x86_64 1.5-4.4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 105 k sinjdoc x86_64 0.5-9.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 705 k time x86_64 1.7-37.1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 26 k tmpwatch x86_64 2.9.16-4.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 31 k tomcat6-el-2.1-api noarch 6.0.24-45.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 43 k tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api noarch 6.0.24-45.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 80 k tomcat6-lib noarch 6.0.24-45.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 2.9 M tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api noarch 6.0.24-45.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 94 k urw-fonts noarch 2.4-10.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 3.1 M vmware-tools-libraries-x x86_64 8.6.0-2 vmware-tools-collection 5.5 M wsdl4j noarch 1.5.2-7.8.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 157 k xml-common noarch 0.6.3-32.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 9.4 k xml-commons-apis x86_64 1.3.04-3.6.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 439 k xml-commons-resolver x86_64 1.1-4.18.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 145 k xorg-x11-font-utils x86_64 1:7.2-11.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 75 k zip x86_64 3.0-1.el6 rhel-x86_64-server-6 260 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 118 Package(s) Total download size: 122 M Installed size: 17 M
the problem is redhat-lsb has a bogus (or at least questionable) dependency on redhat-lsb-graphics - which as far as I can tell contains just 2 zero-byte files of no purpose but includes a shedload of child-dependencies. This is what sucks in all the other junk.
suggest mark as dup of 835919.
Unfortunately the Java runtime itself imposes a number of GUI-related dependencies like gtk2 which in turn pulls in pango and a goodly number of libX*. It would be mighty nice if java-1.6.0-openjdk was fixed to ignore all X11 and if someone actually was trying to run a graphical Java application it would fail until such time as a hypothetical 'java-1.6.0-openjdk-gui' package was installed. The SUN/Oracle JDK installs don't artificially create this problem and which is why 99.5% of the time I refuse to use Redhat's JRE/JVM and Tomcat RPMs because of all the unhelpful and pointless baggage they invoke. If my java application is intended to have a GUI (eg. Oracle's database installer needs X11 libraries), I'll add them myself!
This request was not resolved in time for the current release. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-1461.html