Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[billyd]

On Wednesday 05 October 2005 04:47 pm, Yoandy Rodriguez wrote:
> The gentoo portage (tha packages install system) automatically
> resolves dependencies so... if you try to install a package, it
> goes and install everything needed by that package, if you do an
> emerge kde it downloads xorg-x11, qt, and everything else
>
> On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 16:39 -0500, billyd wrote:
> > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it
> > installed using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with
> > linux but still in a steep learning curve. I am at the point in
> > this installation where I can start installing packages. The
> > handbook uses kde as an example.
> >
> > My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be
> > installed. For example, should x11-xorg be installed before
> > kde?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> >
> > BDW
> >
> > billydw@×××××××××.com

Thanks for the quick reply.  I knew that some dependencies would be 
resolved, but in the case of x11-xorg, I wasn't sure.  It does make 
sense, but when you get to be my age you know that just because 
something makes sense, doesn't mean it will turn out that way!

Thanks again.
BDW

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