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On 6/23/2011 1:04 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> Mike Edenfield wrote: |
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>> On 6/22/2011 2:35 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>>> You have decided to build cantor with no backend. |
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>>> To have this application functional, please do one of below: |
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>>> # emerge -va1 '='kde-base/cantor-4.6.4 with 'R' USE flag enabled |
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>>> # emerge -vaDu sci-mathematics/maxima |
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>> The odds of you ever needing to use cantor are practically nil. And if |
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>> you did, you'd probably already have R installed and know what FORTRAN |
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>> was. So, don't worry about it. |
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> I never noticed it being there. So, naw I don't need it. Good ole |
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> kde-meta pulled it in tho. |
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My point was, you can install cantor without R (or maxima) and it will |
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complain loudly that "I'm installing myself broken!"... but it *will* |
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install. And if you never run it, you never need R, thus you never need |
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+fortran, and your gcc will be much happier. |
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--Mike |
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