On Monday, 24 June 2019 21:40:07 BST you wrote:
> On Monday, 24 June 2019 21:16:51 BST Dale wrote:
> > I went through this a few years ago.  I had some large programs
> > installed that I didn't use, Kmail and others.  I wanted to clean them
> > out but at the time I had installed KDE with kde-meta.  Basically, that
> > installs everything KDE, wanted or not.  I uninstalled that and went
> 
> > these instead:
> According to the current wiki page these days the kde-meta has been replaced
> with plasma-meta.  This is how I have configured plasma-meta:
> 
>      Installed versions:  5.15.5(5)(12:58:00 14/06/19)(bluetooth browser-
> integration crypt desktop-portal display-manager elogind handbook legacy-
> systray pam pm-utils sddm wallpapers -consolekit -discover -grub -gtk -
> networkmanager -plymouth -pulseaudio -sdk -systemd)
> 
> BUT ... I am thinking of uninstalling it, deplclean-ing my world and
> installing  kde-plasma/plasma-desktop which is the slim version, while
> keeping some select kde-meta packages I need/want.
> 
> > root@fireball / # equery list *kde*meta*
> > 
> >  * Searching for *kde*meta* ...
> > 
> > [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdeadmin-meta-19.04.2:5
> 
> I have this installed too.
> 
> > [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdebase-meta-19.04.2:5
> 
> I think the kdebase-meta was meant to be a transitional package from KDE4 to
> plasma/KDE5.  I suspect this has been superseded by kde-plasma/plasma-meta,
> but I'm not sure.  In any case, I do not have this installed.
> 
> > [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdecore-meta-19.04.2:5
> 
> I have this installed too.
> 
> > [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdegames-meta-19.04.2:5
> 
> No games for me, thanks.
> 
> > [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdegraphics-meta-19.04.2:5
> > [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdemultimedia-meta-19.04.2:5
> 
> I have these two installed, plus:
> 
> [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdenetwork-meta-18.12.3:5
> [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdepim-meta-18.12.3:5
> [IP-] [  ] kde-apps/kdeutils-meta-18.12.3:5
> 
> > This is one of the things I like about Gentoo, being able to cut off or
> > get rid of things I don't want.  USE flags help with that a lot.
> > 
> > Glad you got it sorted out.
> 
> Sadly I'm not there yet.   I've got to figure out how to get back my Suspend
> to Ram, Hibernate, Reboot, and Shutdown buttons, without re-importing
> NetworkManager, or at least without having it being started by powerdevil.

Hmm ... plasma-desktop was already installed, dragged in by plasma-meta.  So 
no need to reinstall it.  Sadly trying to depclean after removing plasma-meta 
will get rid of a lot of packages, something I'm not keen to do:

>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:

 kde-plasma/plasma-browser-integration
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/plasma-vault
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/kscreen
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/kwrited
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/kwayland-integration
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/xembed-sni-proxy
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-wallpapers
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/bluedevil
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/kgamma
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/drkonqi
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/kwallet-pam
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/user-manager
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde
    selected: 5.15.5-r1 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/kinfocenter
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/sddm-kcm
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/systemsettings
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/kmenuedit
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/ksshaskpass
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 sys-fs/cryfs
    selected: 0.9.9 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 dev-libs/libpwquality
    selected: 1.4.0 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-frameworks/kxmlrpcclient
    selected: 5.57.0 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-frameworks/bluez-qt
    selected: 5.57.0 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 sys-apps/accountsservice
    selected: 0.6.50-r1 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 net-misc/socat
    selected: 1.7.3.2 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-plasma/khotkeys
    selected: 5.15.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 sys-apps/xdg-desktop-portal
    selected: 1.2.0 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 x11-misc/sddm
    selected: 0.18.0 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 dev-libs/crypto++
    selected: 7.0.0-r3 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

All selected packages: =dev-libs/crypto++-7.0.0-r3 =kde-plasma/xembed-sni-
proxy-5.15.5 =dev-libs/libpwquality-1.4.0 =kde-plasma/ksshaskpass-5.15.5 =kde-
plasma/kinfocenter-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/kwallet-pam-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/
khotkeys-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/xdg-desktop-portal-kde-5.15.5-r1 =kde-plasma/
kgamma-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/drkonqi-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/systemsettings-5.15.5 
=kde-frameworks/kxmlrpcclient-5.57.0 =kde-plasma/plasma-vault-5.15.5 =net-
misc/socat-1.7.3.2 =kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.15.5 =x11-misc/
sddm-0.18.0 =kde-plasma/sddm-kcm-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/kwrited-5.15.5 =kde-
plasma/kscreen-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/user-manager-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/plasma-
browser-integration-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/
kwayland-integration-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/bluedevil-5.15.5 =kde-plasma/
kmenuedit-5.15.5 =sys-fs/cryfs-0.9.9 =sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.50-r1 =sys-
apps/xdg-desktop-portal-1.2.0 =kde-frameworks/bluez-qt-5.57.0

>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.

I need to find a different solution ...
-- 
Regards,

Mick

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