Changing packages that will be installed with emerge system

Ross · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 20

This is my first time through Gentoo, but I think I am making some progress

. I've gotten to the point where I need to "emerge system" to install the base system of Gentoo. When I do an "emerge -p system" to see what packages will be installed, I see that there are things like X, graphics libraries, sound libraries, etc. This stuff could hardly be of any use for a bare bones server, which is what I'm trying to make. Is there any file I can edit which will change what packages will be installed with "emerge system"?

puggy · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:47 pm Post subject:

Try removing USE flags, i.e. -X -KDE etc etc.
Then do a

_Max_ · Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:49 pm Post subject:

I have had problems before with emerge trying to install stuff that I didn't want, and it was because I had to many useless things in my USE variables (check your /etc/make.conf).

Have a look at the USE howto (under User Docs on the website, I think).

Ross · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 20

Thanks for your help! I looked over the USE flag documentation and learned a lot. There were quite a few useless things in there, as well as a few typos. I fixed it all, and its emerging the system as we speak. Thanks!