Re: [gentoo-user] getting rid of KDE

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:54:38PM -0700, Joseph wrote:

> I have a problem getting rid of KDE (those meta package might be easy to
> install/upgrade but getting rid of them is not easy).
>
> When I run emerge -uDNav world I get:
>
> The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
> #required by kde-base/libkonq-4.7.3, required by kde-base/kdepasswd-4.7.3,
> required by kde-base/kdm-4.7.3-r1, required by @selected, required by
> @world (argument) =x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.7.2 kde
> #required by kde-base/nepomuk-4.7.3, required by
> kde-base/kdelibs-4.7.3-r1[semantic-desktop], required by
> kde-base/libkonq-4.7.3, required by kde-base/kdepasswd-4.7.3, required by
> kde-base/kdm-4.7.3-r1, required by @selected, required by @world
> (argument) =app-misc/strigi-0.7.6-r1 qt4
> #required by kde-base/libkonq-4.7.3, required by kde-base/kdepasswd-4.7.3,
> required by kde-base/kdm-4.7.3-r1, required by @selected, required by
> @world (argument)
	
>
> My USE flags:
> USE="X gtk -qt4 -kde dvd alsa cdr cups apache2 ssl foomaticdb \
>       ppds mysql -acl java tiff jpeg png usb udev scanner fam nptl
> truetype kpathsea type1 opengl tetex -arts hal dbus semantic-desktop "
>
> It is trying to pull IN some KDE packages as well, I don't know where package is pulling them?
>
> --
> Joseph
>

I never install K_anything. If an atom has a 'k' in it, I don't go near it.
The only way I would do so would be if I had a lot of time to waste and made
up a KDE box for the fun of it. It's just a crapload of trouble that I left
behind when I made the switch from Windows. I don't want to go back toward
that kind of crapware, I want to go in the 'opposite' direction. With my
knowledge of the cli improving every day, I'm virtually free of all
dependence on a gui at this point, and that's a good place to be, IME. :)

I hear talk about using KDE to impress Windows people. If you really want to
impress a Windows person, show them a well implemented flux-box.

Terry