# Why does syncthing depend on X11 etc.?
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/why-does-syncthing-depend-on-x11-etc/27358
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 11, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/why-does-syncthing-depend-on-x11-etc/27358 "2026-11-11T14:07:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@chrisisbd](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/chrisisbd)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/why-does-syncthing-depend-on-x11-etc/27358/1 "2026-11-11T14:07:45Z")
I was about to install syncthing on a headless Debian 13 VPS and saw that it pulls in a huge number of packages (something like 120 of them). This is on a fairly ‘bare’ system so I realise it may need quite a lot of things but why does it need a load of X11 and Wayland stuff?
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### Author:  [@tomasz86](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/tomasz86)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/why-does-syncthing-depend-on-x11-etc/27358/2 "2026-11-11T14:12:21Z")
Just to be clear, what is the exact name of the package you’re trying to install? Are you talking about the official packages from [https://apt.syncthing.net](https://apt.syncthing.net)?
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### Author:  [@chrisisbd](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/chrisisbd)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/why-does-syncthing-depend-on-x11-etc/27358/3 "2026-11-11T14:21:22Z")
Ah, oops! I just realised I was trying to install syncthing version 1.x. I had added the syncthing repository but I hadn’t run “apt update”. Now that I have run “apt update” all is well, installing syncthing pulls in nothing extra at all.
Sorry for the noise.