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nuopus
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 Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject: How to install a BASIC GNOME setup |
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| Hello .... I want to be able to install a working GNOME desktop. The problem I am having is that whenever I emerge gnome, I get a BUNCH of stuff I never use and do not want to waste my time compiling. The question is, how can I install a basic gnome environment so that I may emerge the individual applications I need? |
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Dizzutch
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| there's a gnome-base/gnome-light package. Unforutnately all those packages are what makes gnome gnome... |
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krazykit
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| emerge gnome-light |
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nuopus
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| Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| Dizzutch wrote: | | there's a gnome-base/gnome-light package. Unforutnately all those packages are what makes gnome gnome... |
Well, since the beginning, gnome was just a window manager, panel and file manager. Lots of things have changed ... like nautilus as file manager ... but still, what makes gnome gnome are those basic components (I have been using gnome since the early days). What I do not want or need are the EXTRA stuff they pack onto it like gnome-games, epiphany and a dozen or so other tools and applications I do not want or need.
Lots of distributions have ways of installing just a BASIC gnome environment that does NOT included all that crap. I just didnt know what the ebuild was to do it. Well, im sure I could have just installed all of the components one at a time ... but im much too lazy for that!  |
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Dizzutch
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| Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I understand, I don't like KDE/Gnome bacause of those deps either. I don't know what gnome-light installs, but I assume it's the bare minimum. |
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Dizzutch wrote: | | I don't know what gnome-light installs, but I assume it's the bare minimum. |
You can find out, with:
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Or look at the ebuild in /usr/portage/gnome-base/gnome/
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nuopus
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| Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Dizzutch wrote: | | I understand, I don't like KDE/Gnome bacause of those deps either. I don't know what gnome-light installs, but I assume it's the bare minimum. |
Its exactly what I need! Its the bare minimum without any applications .. the menus are baren just the way I like it. Now I can just emerge the specific packages I need. |
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Dizzutch
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| Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| excellent, enjoy.. |
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