Is there a simple flag to prevent installing X and anything that depends on it via ports?

Question

I'm running FreeBSD in a small VMWare image and I want to keep it headless. Is there a setting someplace that will guarantee I never pull in X as a dependency, or will I have to rely solely on eternal vigilance? Thanks.

See also: the same basic question on SuperUser

Answer 1

You need to include -DWITHOUT_X11 as make argument. Depending on how you install ports you can 'include' it (sorry - I cannot find the details right now).

Alternatively there is a ports-mgmt/portconf package in which you can specify WITHOUT_X11, if I understand correctly, in such manner:

*: WITHOUT_X11

Please note that it will work only with optional X11 dependencies - installing KDE will still install X11.

Answer 2

According to the mailing list, you should set WITHOUT_X11=yes in /etc/make.conf.