can u install a very minimal kde ?

taskara

hey everyone..

is there a way to install a minimal kde ? I hate having so many apps that I don't want or use..

I would like to install just a very basic kde 3 with a little as possible apps, and then install as I need them.

if I can't.. then I shalln't.. but it would be good if I could!

oh the ryhme of my grime

thanks all

mksoft · l33t Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844

You can try to change the ebuild for the application group you want.

For example, lets say you don't want kaboodle to build with kdemultimedia's ebuild to can modify

usr/portage/kde-base/kdemultimedia/kdemultimedia-3.0.1.ebuild

and modify the line saying:
myconf="$myconf --enable-xaw --enable-ncurses"

to
myconf="$myconf --enable-xaw --enable-ncurses --without-kaboodle"

Also when emerging kde, don't do emerge kde. emerge only what you need.

If you've already emreged everything, unmerge the unneeded ebuilds. select from:

I think arts kdelibs and kdebase are required (If you use another window manager and don't want the desktop environment, only want the apps, you can let kdebase go as well)
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taskara · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 1:29 pm Post subject:

ok that sounds logical,

but if I install say, kde multimedia - won't it resolve the dependencies for me, and install the whole lot of kde ?

I'll be doing a fresh install soon, and when I do I'll try this method.

Any particular order you think I should go with ? ovbiously kde_base first

i guess I can do a --pretend command and see

ta.. any other suggestions ?

mksoft · l33t Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844

taskara · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 1:59 pm Post subject:

ok thanks.. I'll give it a go tomorrow sometime.

should I do kde-base first ? then arts, then libs, then others ?

do you know what kde-base installs?

thanks heaps for your help!

mksoft · l33t Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844