Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Using both Gnome and KDE Plasma?

[Dale]

R0b0t1 wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 8:34 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>> On 25/01/18 02:28, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:16:07 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> One user wants Gnome, the other wants Plasma. Is this doable?
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently, Plasma is installed, and the profile is:
>>>>>
>>>>>     default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/plasma/systemd
>>>>>
>>>>> The profiles seem to be either-or. There's one for plasma, one for
>>>>> gnome. But I need both now :-/
>>>> The differences between the profiles are mainly the USE flags set. As
>>>> your system is already built with the plasma profiles, I'd add gnome to
>>>> your USE flags and emerge gnome-base/gnome. Portage will shout at you if
>>>> you need to enable any other USE flags.
>>> Don't know. There's use flags that seem to be set because it's
>>> recommended to set them, not because they're needed.
>>>
>>> It seems to me that I have to choose either-or here in order to have a
>>> well working desktop. Otherwise, if something doesn't seem work right,
>>> I'll never know whether it's because of the profile or because of
>>> something else.
>>>
>>> I suppose I have to switch to the gnome profile and then see if KDE is
>>> still working as before. But it seems I'll have to manually replicate
>>> whatever the plasma profile is setting by hand.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This is what I would do.  I would make sure emerge -uDNp world comes
>> back clean, no remerges or updates.  Change profile to generic desktop.
>> Do a emerge -DNp world and look at what changes, especially USE flags.
>> Take those changes and set them in make.conf or package.use if you
>> prefer.  Since both KDE and Gnome has their own desktop profile, using
>> the generic profile I think would be the best bet.  You just may have to
>> set some things in make.conf/package.use to add KDE and Gnome settings
>> to have both installed at the same time.
>>
> Yes, this works and I've done it, which is why I recommended it.
>
> Cheers,
>      R0b0t1
>
>


Yea, I just added the steps to it and some reasoning for each step,
mostly.  Having both should be doable for sure.  One just has to make
sure the USE flags and such are right. 

Of course, one has to watch USE flag changes even when doing regular
updates but I went over mine with a fine tooth comb during the recent
profile update as well.  One has to look for those yellow characters
when doing updates, at any time but some are more important than
others.  Sometimes one USE flag change can make things either not work
right or not work at all.  Of course, it can add some nifty feature
too.  ;-) 

Dale

:-)  :-)