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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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> > 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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> Here you go. I make no claims as to its suitability, or even uptodatedness |
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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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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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