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From: Gmail <hungptit@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-x11 -> SOLVED
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:14:04
Message-Id: 4B393B90.6090100@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] x11-base/xorg-x11 by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan: Thanks a lot for an insightful reply.
2
3 Hung
4
5 On 12/28/09 15:29, Alan McKinnon wrote:
6 > On Tuesday 29 December 2009 00:21:55 Gmail wrote:
7 >
8 >> Hi all,
9 >> My laptop runs KDE4 fine without x11-base/xorg-x11 installed. Should we
10 >> install x11-base/xorg-x11 if desktop environments such as KDE4, GNOME,
11 >> or XFCE4 are used?
12 >>
13 >> Happy New Year
14 >> Hung
15 >>
16 >>
17 > Not necessarily.
18 >
19 > xorg-x11 is a meta package that DEPENDS on other things needed for an X
20 > session. You obviously have everything you need for an X session, how
21 > otherwise would you be able to run KDE4? (assuming you are not exporting X).
22 >
23 > Normally it is advisable to install xorg-x11 so as to take advantage of
24 > updated DEPENDs etc etc. But it's not a must, it's actually a question only
25 > you can answer for you.
26 >
27 >
28 >