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WFisher <cxiiixc@×××××××××.net> writes: |
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> I finished installing Gentoo and Xorg successfully. When I went to |
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> install the KDE desktop I decided to install the whole thing by typing |
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> emerge kde-meta, which installs everything possible. After about six |
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> hours I got frustrated and shut of the computer. |
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> My question is is can I delete what I already did and start over and |
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> just do a basic KDE install? And if so, what directory can I find |
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> that I can delete KDE from? |
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The bad news is it is liable to take over 6 hrs to compile even the |
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kde-base/kdebase stuff. |
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I just came thru this same problem. There was an informative thread that |
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you definitely need to read before going ahead. I started the thread |
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but was not much of a contributer in substance. Others however added |
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lots of really good info about how stuff works with gentoo. |
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Read clear thru this recent thread: |
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Subject: Is there and Alternative to compiling kde? |
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That done, you probably do not need to uninstall much of anything. |
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First learn what packages were installed : |
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equery list|grep kde |
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should give a pretty good picture |
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Understnd that a newer version of kde is just about to become stable I |
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think and so an upgrade is soon in the offing. |
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I think it would make some sense to set a keywords line in |
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/etc/portage/package.keywords like this: |
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kde-base/kdebase ~x86 |
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Assuming you are on x86 architecture. It should cause kde-3.5 to be |
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installed now. Don't worry about having packages from 2 versions |
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installed ... gentoo allows what is called `slotted' packages. |
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So they do not interfere with each other. |
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You can prune back the older stuff later. |
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Once you've read that thread and got some system info on what you have |
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installed. |
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try this: |
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emerge -v -p kde-base/kdebase |
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Take a look at the output maybe you can determing if its ok to go |
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ahead and run that without the -p. |
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If you need to, post the output here but trim it down to kde stuff. |
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And any warnings or errors. |
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