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On Saturday, 30 May 2020 23:34:30 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> On Saturday, 30 May 2020 23:16:56 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 30 May 2020 22:46:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > > > The point of meta packages is that they install a whole set of stuff, |
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> > > > in this case "Merge this to pull in all Plasma 5 packages". If you |
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> > > > don't want the kitchen sink, don't use meta packages. I have a kde |
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> > > > set in /etc/ portage/sets that includes just what I want. As a result |
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> > > > I have a decent KDE desktop but without needing networkmanager, or |
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> > > > any of the PIM stuff. |
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> > > |
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> > > I tried doing that some time ago. I got so heavily bogged down in a |
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> > > dependency mire that I gave up. You wouldn't like to show your set, |
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> > > would you? Please? :) |
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> > |
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> > Here you go. I make no claims as to its suitability, or even uptodatedness |
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> ---8> |
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> Many thanks. After writing that I had another go using a different approach, |
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> and it just fell into place. Combining your set and mine ought to give me a |
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> working system. |
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> With such a complex, reticulated (I think that's the word) system as plasma, |
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> it's easier to subtract from a whole set than to build up from nothing. |
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In a previous installation I used a similar approach, which soon became |
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somewhat tiresome. One package was retired, some other took its place and |
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more than once I would end up tying up myself in knots, trying to change the |
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list of individual packages and associated USE flags to allow portage to |
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update my desktop without dragging in all sort of unpleasants. |
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In a more recent installation I followed a different route. I installed |
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selected meta-packages from the list at the bottom of this page: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE |
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but first I disabled some USE flags to avoid networkmanager: |
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kde-plasma/plasma-meta -networkmanager |
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kde-plasma/powerdevil -wireless |
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This is the plasma-meta flags I use now: |
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[I] kde-plasma/plasma-meta |
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Available versions: |
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(5) |
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5.18.5 [bluetooth +browser-integration crypt +desktop-portal |
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discover +display-manager elogind grub gtk +handbook +kwallet +legacy-systray |
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+networkmanager plymouth pulseaudio qrcode +sddm sdk systemd thunderbolt |
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+wallpapers] ["?? ( elogind systemd )"] |
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Installed versions: 5.18.5(5)(19:51:01 21/05/20)(bluetooth browser- |
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integration crypt desktop-portal display-manager elogind handbook kwallet |
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legacy-systray sddm wallpapers -discover -grub -gtk -networkmanager -plymouth |
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-pulseaudio -qrcode -sdk -systemd -thunderbolt) |
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Admittedly, like you I have also installed LVM which I don't want/need on its |
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own. It is pulled in by sys-fs/cryptsetup, needed by pmount, which I use and |
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may want to use with encrypted filesystems in the future. I'm not sure if |
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ext4 fs encryption is mature enough presently and what it requires. A project |
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for a rainy day. |
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