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On Friday, 7 December 2018 15:11:21 GMT Philip Webb wrote: |
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> I've just updated all my installed pkgs ( c 112 ) for KDE |
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> (apps frameworks plasma), except for 'plasma-meta', |
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> which raises an error : |
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> Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be |
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> installed at the same time on the same system. |
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> (gnome-base/gnome-common-3.18.0-r1:3/3::gentoo, installed) pulled in by |
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> gnome-base/gnome-common:3 required by |
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> (sys-fs/udisks-2.7.4-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) |
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> |
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> (sys-devel/autoconf-archive-2018.03.13:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for |
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> merge) pulled in by sys-devel/autoconf-archive required by |
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> (sys-fs/udisks-2.7.4-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) |
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> sys-devel/autoconf-archive required by |
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> (sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.145-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) |
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> None of the pkgs in the error msg are needed by anything outside kde-plasma. |
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> Before I reboot & risk failure of KDE to start, |
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> can anyone advise me whether I need kde-plasma in order to use KDE ? |
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You don't need any meta packages to have a working plasma desktop. The "Why |
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vulkan" and "Plasma sound devices" threads above were about this. My system |
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now has several dozen fewer packages than it had. |
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The way I did it was to emerge --deselect the highest-level meta package, |
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emerge -c and note what I'd have to put back in later. Then the next meta |
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package, and so on until they'd all gone. Don't forget to quickpkg the system |
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if you don't have packages already. |
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Then I defined three sets under /etc/portage/sets; I've attached a file |
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listing their kde entries; of course your list will differ but you can see the |
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idea. |
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A word for those of a nervous disposition: all this work feels like an |
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adventure, not to be undertaken lightly, but a modicum of common sense and |
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availability of backups should see you through. No guarantees, though. :) |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |