Chart::Gnuplot should not depend on gnuplot, but on gnuplot-nox or gnuplot-x11

Binary package hint: libchart-gnuplot-perl

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

libchart-gnuplot-perl version: 0.12-1

I'm running amd64 architecture, but suspect this happens elsewhere.

After installing Chart::Gnuplot via apt-get, I noticed I had a big bunch of X-related packages installed. On a headless server these X-related packages are unnecessary, since I will never display anything on that server, but I'm only interested in generating plots from perl scripts run through apache CGI.

The problem is that libchart-gnuplot-perl depends on gnuplot, which depends on Xorg, since it was assumed the person installing gnuplot would use it interactively, displaying and inspecting plots on a desktop.

I uninstalled the perl module and gnuplot-x11 (leaving installed gnuplot-nox) and then proceeded to install Chart::Gnuplot via the cpan perl utility. The plots on the headless server are now being generated on the fly from my perl CGI script and I freed some MBs of space (every byte of server space has a price, better to be thrifty there).

I would however prefer to keep installing and managing my perl modules via APT, since this way I can keep better track of upgrades and dependencies.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libchart-gnuplot-perl (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 29 10:48:28 2010
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libchart-gnuplot-perl