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PostPosted: Sun May 16, 2021 9:23 pm    Post subject: How to Avoid QtWebEngine Completely, and Python 2.7 too. Reply with quote

QtWebEngine is not required to run Plasma.

You can install the full plasma-meta + kde-apps-meta without the webengine. (Which has been described here as an "abomination" -- I agree)

Steps:

1. First mask qtwebengine:
Code:
 echo "dev-qt/qtwebengine" >> /etc/portage/package.mask/webengine
.

2. Add to make.conf:
Code:
 USE="-webengine -telepathy -kaccounts".


Voilá. Now you can go ahead and...

Code:
 emerge --ask plasma-meta kde-apps-meta


Now enjoy your qtwebengine-free Plasma 5 and and a Python 2.7-Free Gentoo.

As qtwebengine is by far the only package I've seen that still needs the aging and long-dead Python 2.7.

Note: Also don't install kdepim-meta as it will unconditionally and forcefully pull in qtwebengine.

Thanks to "the_ignoble_catullus" on Reddit.

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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 5:20 am    Post subject: Re: How to Avoid QtWebEngine Completely, and Python 2.7 too. Reply with quote

Jojobinha_2009 wrote:
As qtwebengine is by far the only package I've seen that still needs the aging and long-dead Python 2.7.

It should be noted that the gentoo developers backport the security patches.
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