On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:42:33 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> > x11-base/xorg-server > > > > Remove. The server is a dep for just about everything GUI-related > > Not so here on this KDE box. I removed it from my world file and emerge > -ca wanted to remove the server, so I put it back again, sharpish. I > don't have x11-base/xorg-x11 though, not needing all that extra stuff; > this is in accordance with the handbook.
That's as it should be. Graphical programs are X clients, so they pull in the client libraries. They need an X server to talk to, but not necessarily on the same box. -- Neil Bothwick Copper wire was invented by two Scotsmen fighting over a penny!
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