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From: Jack <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 21:10:58
Message-Id: OUVSD5IP.BPGIAYR2.BX4WKYP3@UKUMSO7S.Z6RG7EZA.7SKY5Y66
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Plasma teething problems - Part II by Mick
1 On 2019.06.24 16:54, Mick wrote:
2 > On Monday, 24 June 2019 21:40:07 BST you wrote:
3 > > On Monday, 24 June 2019 21:16:51 BST Dale wrote:
4 > > > I went through this a few years ago. I had some large programs
5 > > > installed that I didn't use, Kmail and others. I wanted to clean
6 > them
7 > > > out but at the time I had installed KDE with kde-meta.
8 > Basically, that
9 > > > installs everything KDE, wanted or not. I uninstalled that and
10 > went
11 > >
12 > > > these instead:
13 > > According to the current wiki page these days the kde-meta has been
14 > replaced
15 > > with plasma-meta. This is how I have configured plasma-meta:
16 > >
17 > > Installed versions: 5.15.5(5)(12:58:00 14/06/19)(bluetooth
18 > browser-
19 > > integration crypt desktop-portal display-manager elogind handbook
20 > legacy-
21 > > systray pam pm-utils sddm wallpapers -consolekit -discover -grub
22 > -gtk -
23 > > networkmanager -plymouth -pulseaudio -sdk -systemd)
24 > >
25 > > BUT ... I am thinking of uninstalling it, deplclean-ing my world and
26 > > installing kde-plasma/plasma-desktop which is the slim version,
27 > while
28 > > keeping some select kde-meta packages I need/want.
29 > >
30 > > > root@fireball / # equery list *kde*meta*
31 > > >
32 > > > * Searching for *kde*meta* ...
33 > > >
34 > > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdeadmin-meta-19.04.2:5
35 > >
36 > > I have this installed too.
37 > >
38 > > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdebase-meta-19.04.2:5
39 > >
40 > > I think the kdebase-meta was meant to be a transitional package
41 > from KDE4 to
42 > > plasma/KDE5. I suspect this has been superseded by
43 > kde-plasma/plasma-meta,
44 > > but I'm not sure. In any case, I do not have this installed.
45 > >
46 > > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdecore-meta-19.04.2:5
47 > >
48 > > I have this installed too.
49 > >
50 > > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdegames-meta-19.04.2:5
51 > >
52 > > No games for me, thanks.
53 > >
54 > > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdegraphics-meta-19.04.2:5
55 > > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdemultimedia-meta-19.04.2:5
56 > >
57 > > I have these two installed, plus:
58 > >
59 > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdenetwork-meta-18.12.3:5
60 > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdepim-meta-18.12.3:5
61 > > [IP-] [ ] kde-apps/kdeutils-meta-18.12.3:5
62 > >
63 > > > This is one of the things I like about Gentoo, being able to cut
64 > off or
65 > > > get rid of things I don't want. USE flags help with that a lot.
66 > > >
67 > > > Glad you got it sorted out.
68 > >
69 > > Sadly I'm not there yet. I've got to figure out how to get back
70 > my Suspend
71 > > to Ram, Hibernate, Reboot, and Shutdown buttons, without
72 > re-importing
73 > > NetworkManager, or at least without having it being started by
74 > powerdevil.
75 >
76 > Hmm ... plasma-desktop was already installed, dragged in by
77 > plasma-meta. So
78 > no need to reinstall it. Sadly trying to depclean after removing
79 > plasma-meta
80 > will get rid of a lot of packages, something I'm not keen to do:
81 >
82 > >>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:
83
84 [snip long list of packages]
85
86 I just chose the specific packages I wanted and explicitly emerged
87 them. You can just add them to your world file (either manually, or
88 with "emerge --noreplace package" so they won't be depcleaned. I have
89 lots of kde stuff (37 items from grep kde worldfile) but kdecore-meta
90 and kdegraphics-meta are the only meta packages in my world file.
91
92 Jack