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Fitzsimmons
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 Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject: Gnome Depends on Mozilla? Can I use Firefox instead? |
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I noticed yesterday while merging Gnome that it depends on Mozilla. Mozilla's build failed, which is the reason why I noticed it, but I only want to deal with that if I really have to. I'm going to be using Firefox and Thunderbird, so I don't really want to have to merge mozilla alongside them. What exactly does Gnome need Mozilla for?
Here is my tentative plan of action so far. I need more information before I can procede though:
- Merge Firefox
- Create symlinks to the required files that gnome is going to need in the path that Gnome is going to look for them. OR Configure gnome manually and point it to the right place (if possible, I don't know)
- Trick Portage into thinking that mozilla is merged so that it doesn't try to compile it as a dependency for Gnome
I need some help with steps 2 and 3. Thanks. |
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malloc
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Don't quote me on this but i believe the mozilla dep is because of evolution. You can try 2 things.
1 - You can change the ebuild to depend on firefox instead of mozilla
2 - You can inject mozilla and evolution and gnome we'll think they're installed and it won't bother your (emerge -i ).
Again i don't know if any work. In theory they should work but then again it's a long way from theory to practice  |
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scoon
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: Gnome Depends on Mozilla? Can I use Firefox instead? |
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| ssjf wrote: | I noticed yesterday while merging Gnome that it depends on Mozilla. Mozilla's build failed, which is the reason why I noticed it, but I only want to deal with that if I really have to. I'm going to be using Firefox and Thunderbird, so I don't really want to have to merge mozilla alongside them. What exactly does Gnome need Mozilla for?
Here is my tentative plan of action so far. I need more information before I can procede though:
- Merge Firefox
- Create symlinks to the required files that gnome is going to need in the path that Gnome is going to look for them. OR Configure gnome manually and point it to the right place (if possible, I don't know)
- Trick Portage into thinking that mozilla is merged so that it doesn't try to compile it as a dependency for Gnome
I need some help with steps 2 and 3. Thanks. |
Hey there,
Actually the dependency comes from epiphany (gnome web browser based on mozilla). What I do is just emerge -i epiphany and use firefox.
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loseruser
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: Gnome Depends on Mozilla? Can I use Firefox instead? |
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| Quote: | Hey there,
Actually the dependency comes from epiphany (gnome web browser based on mozilla). What I do is just emerge -i epiphany and use firefox.
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I hate that thing. Every time I upgrade or merge something for gnome it was popping up so I just edit the ebuilt to remove the epiphany dependency. |
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dreas
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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A simple...
| Code: | | USE="hppa" emerge gnome |
...did install gnome without epiphany/mozilla. |
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Kabuto
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| What you could do is input a bug report and see if they can only emerge epiphany if USE=mozilla. Don't know if it will work off-hand. I know the mozilla USE is used for gaim ebuild and probably others. |
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Mongrol
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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emerge gnome-light
That leaves out evolution and epiphany leaving you to pick and choose your gnome bloatware. |
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loseruser
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| dreas wrote: | A simple...
| Code: | | USE="hppa" emerge gnome |
...did install gnome without epiphany/mozilla. |
ooo - fun flag to set... I didn't know that. Anything else the "hppa" flag is used for (or to exclude). |
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dreas
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| By looking at the ebuild it should only skip epiphany and thus mozilla as well. |
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loseruser
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| dreas wrote: | | By looking at the ebuild it should only skip epiphany and thus mozilla as well. |
I was more curious if this flag is used in other ebuilds to skip other packages. Or is it just a gnome thing? |
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dreas
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, my bad.
I've never seen it in any other ebuild, but then, I don't look at each ebuild I'm going to install. Anyway, I wouldn't add it to make.conf if your thought is to add it there. |
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