USE Flags - User Example [SOLVED] ref

kramerkeller · Apprentice Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 179

I know there is an example available and I have looked through the list in the help or man page I forget which one

I have put -gtk -gnome qt kde ha1 cdr alsa jack acc avi aim mozilla java php wifi

Does anyone have an example of their use flags - I am just sure there is a bunch of stuff missing

I want to be able to burn and play divx and downloaded movies

I aslo want to be able to fun an apache server with php and mysql as well as use this awesome new machien thanks to you gentoo guys - for basic desktop and applications - so any suggestions would be appreciated. I know I have to decide what to add and it is not quite the gentoo way to just copy paste, but I will take any suggestions offered to mind. I just want a good starting point.

tkhobbes · Guru Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Posts: 367 Location: Switzerland

Hi there

Have a look at this website:
http://www.nthdegree.com.au/sverre/publications/120704.html
And also consider
http://gentoo-portage.com/

Here are my use-flags (primary workstation):
X a52 a53 aac acpi alsa -arts audiofile avi bonobo bzlib cdparanoia cdr cups curl dga divx4linux dv dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd evo evo2 exif fbcon fam fame ffmpeg flac foomaticdb gif gimpprint gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal icq imagemagick imap ithreads java javascript jpeg -kde mikmod mime mmx mp3 mpeg ncurses nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl pdflib perl php png ppds python -qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl sndfile sox speex ssl subtitles svga tetex tiff toolbar truetype unicode usb vcd videos vorbis wifi win32codecs wmf xine xml xml2 xsl xv xvid zlib
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kramerkeller · Apprentice Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 179

Alright I think I am good to go, but one more question. After I change my use flags - should I recompile or something or do some emerege. Also - I want to install KDE, but I am not sure if my X server is tottally working and I am not sure which use flags apply.

The thing is - If I install and then add a use flag later - will that effect me in some negateive way and if so how do I fix it. IF I remove a use flag should i recompile everything or what? I just don't quite get all the use stuff yet. Anyhelp woudl be great. oh and users...if I change user grpup setting do I have to recompuile too? I guess I am just wondering when I have to update and compile things when I make changes whether it is a USE flag or anything else.

dejima · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject:

For more information about USE flags you could take a look at http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml

tkhobbes · Guru Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Posts: 367 Location: Switzerland

Kramerkeller: Use the --newuse option (e. g. emerge --update --deep --newuse world) in such situations.
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thechris · Veteran Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 1203

i used to have a sample set categorized...

for KDE -- X kde qt -arts -gnome -gtk -gtk2 -esd
for Multimedia -- divx4linux quicktime real xvid jpeg png mng jpeg2k tng tiff vorbis flac
for system -- nptl nptlonly pic

as for use flags changing:
1.) use the /etc/portage/package.use file as described in man portage. this will allow you to set per-package use flags as needs. e.g. giving gtk support to gftp when using kde.
2.) use emerge -uD --newuse world when updating. emerge -pvuD --newuse world will list the packages to be updated and the use flags set.
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