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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] getting rid of KDE
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:30:05
Message-Id: 4EF198B9.30209@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] getting rid of KDE by Joseph
1 Joseph wrote:
2 > On 12/21/11 02:11, Walter Dnes wrote:
3 >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:54:38PM -0700, Joseph wrote
4 >>> I have a problem getting rid of KDE (those meta package might be
5 >>> easy to install/upgrade but getting rid of them is not easy).
6 >>
7 >>> When I run emerge -uDNav world I get:
8 >>>
9 >>> =x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.7.2 kde
10 >>>
11 >>> =x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.7.2 kde
12 >>>
13 >>> My USE flags:
14 >>> USE="X gtk -qt4 -kde dvd alsa cdr cups apache2 ssl foomaticdb \
15 >>> ppds mysql -acl java tiff jpeg png usb udev scanner fam
16 >>> nptl truetype kpathsea type1 opengl tetex -arts hal dbus
17 >>> semantic-desktop "
18 >>>
19 >>> It is trying to pull IN some KDE packages as well, I don't know
20 >>> where package is pulling them?
21 >>
22 >> Check your /etc/portage/package.use file. Does it have kde flags
23 >> anywhere in it? If so, you'll need to get rid of them to eradicate
24 >> kde.
25 >>
26 >> --
27 >> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
28 >
29 > "equery d" does not show any package depending on kde, qt3 or qt4
30 >
31 > That KDE is is lika a cockroach, it is hard to get rid of it :-/
32 >
33
34 If I understand what you are doing correctly, you may need to do a
35 emerge -N world first. Let emerge rebuild things that where built with
36 kde USE flag but not needed anymore then go back and use the -t option
37 to see what is left.
38
39 I think I see what you are doing but not 100% sure.
40
41 Dale
42
43 :-) :-)
44
45 --
46 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
47
48 Miss the compile output? Hint:
49 EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"