Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo Laptop part 2

[John Jolet]

On Dec 9, 2005, at 9:25 AM, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:

> Hi folks:
>
> ok -- we didn't get the snow day I was hoping for, but, I decided
> to go
> ahead and work on the new install anyway.  -- Call me crazy --
>
> I am in the process of the build now, and am beginning to think about
> software, and I am not sure that I understand how to properly install
> stuff.
>
> For example, there are programs from several different families that I
> like and that I want to use.  For example
>
>> From Gnome - I like Nautilus and gthumb (among others)
>> From KDE -- I like Konversation, Akregator, and DigiKAM
> And from Generic (no specific family) I like Audacity and the Gimp
>
> I am pretty sure most or all of these are in portage, so getting
> them is
> no big deal.  I will be running Fluxbox, and I would like the programs
> with all their proper features, without the extra bloat that
> installing
> GNOME and KDE would bring.  Can someone please advise on the proper
> way
> to go about doing this???
>
there is a very good howto on kde in the documentation on the  
gentoo.org site.  I point you in that direction because it mentions a  
bunch of possibilities, and I don't recall them all.  however, a  
google for "site:gentoo.org kde" should net you the relevant stuff.   
basically kde (can't speak to gnome, don't care for it) is broken  
into lots of ebuilds.  I personally did an emerge kde-meta, because I  
use the full-blown kde.  but there's also smaller bits you can install.

Always do an emerge packagename -pv first, as it will evaluate your  
USE flags and tell you what prereqs it'll install.

> Thanks
>
> TIM
>
>
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