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joeishere
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i am newbie for gentoo, i just setup my basic system, it works well, now i want to install gnome, i tried to run
it shaw there are more than 200 items to install, it take too long time, up to now it still installs. it seems all gnome related programs are installed, i do not need all, just basic and office, how can i do? stop it and one by one emerge? help please. |
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clintpatty
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| There are some dependencies with stuff you don't want. You may want to try something more lightweight than Gnome if emerging all night is not for you. |
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ikaro
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basic like what ?
if its just simeple programs you need, just emerge them, like the mail client, evolution, nautilus ( file manager )
but that will still pull alot of packages - so sooner or later you will end up with the whole thing installed anyway.
You could just opt by installing a simple window manager and then install the programs you need.
or use something more simple like xfce.
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joeishere
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thanks you all quick reply, seems i have to wait the whole day to finish it.
other question, if something wrong or error during install, should i install it again from first portage or it will continue from the one has error? thanks |
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ikaro
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if something doesnt compile - the emerge will stop, because usually other packages depend on the one that fails.
so you have to get it fixed before continuing.
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joeishere
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| after fixed the problems it will continue to install and the installed portages will be not installed again, right? |
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ikaro
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it will continue where it stoped.
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| thanks, after i finish all gnome install, gnome will auto start when run startx? if not, how to do? |
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I'm trying to do the opposite. I want to install everything that's with gnome. The problem is that only the gnome-basic is installed (emerge gnome). I want to install everything in the gnome-extra(s) directory. How do I go about that?
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Indigo2
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| joeishere wrote: | | thanks, after i finish all gnome install, gnome will auto start when run startx? if not, how to do? |
create a file in the root directory called .xinitrc and write the following line:
exec gnome-session
That's it. After that startx and everything should be fine. |
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joeishere
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| Indigo2 wrote: | | joeishere wrote: | | thanks, after i finish all gnome install, gnome will auto start when run startx? if not, how to do? |
create a file in the root directory called .xinitrc and write the following line:
exec gnome-session
That's it. After that startx and everything should be fine. |
thanks, now it is almost finished, but my HD space is not much left, i am sure it is enough to finish install, but after installation i think there are some portage files not used anymore, so i can rmove them to make more disk space. where is the portage saved? in distfiles directory or /var/tmp? |
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Indigo2
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| joeishere wrote: | | Indigo2 wrote: | | joeishere wrote: | | thanks, after i finish all gnome install, gnome will auto start when run startx? if not, how to do? |
create a file in the root directory called .xinitrc and write the following line:
exec gnome-session
That's it. After that startx and everything should be fine. |
thanks, now it is almost finished, but my HD space is not much left, i am sure it is enough to finish install, but after installation i think there are some portage files not used anymore, so i can rmove them to make more disk space. where is the portage saved? in distfiles directory or /var/tmp? |
Correction: not the root directory but your home directory. As for your other question, I'm not sure since I myself am a new user to Gentoo. Sorry about that. |
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ikaro
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/usr/portage/distfiles
/var/tmp/portage
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| ikaro wrote: | /usr/portage/distfiles
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hi Ikaro, thanks a lot, because know less about gentoo, so many stupid questions to trouble u, but your answer is really helpful to me, and i feel gentoo forum is very very helpful to newers
finally i finished installing gnome, following your guide, i startx successfully, so happy, but some notices pop out, it says xscreensaver does not exist, does gnome portage not include screensaver or some problem during install? should i install it and how? And also a movie player does not work (named Tom...... forget), why? thanks. |
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| I want to install gnome and all the packages associated with it. How do I go about that? I already did emerge gnome but I got the basic package. How would I go about installing everything in the gnome-extra(s) directory? |
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