On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 02:19, BobJ wrote:
> Hi List, I 've been lurking for a few days...
> 
> I just completed my second successful build of RC2 from bootstrap to stage 3. 
> Now here is my question...
> 
> I DON"T want to use precompile binary GRPs for the big apps, I can afford to 
> have the box sit in the corner and keep it chrooted in from my other Linux 
> install, as it is now.
> 
> Should I jsut go ahead and give it a solo flight (first boot)? In what order 
> should I emerge things Like X, Gnome , Mozilla? There is not much about this 
> in the installation instructions. I would appreciate any advice, or any onlne 
> docs i could read. I just finished the box, am still chrooted in, and just 
> built the kernel, gonna do the other little things after coffee tomorrow :)
> 
> Should Ieave it it as it currently is-chrooted-- and just install X, Mozilla, 
> Fluxbox etc? If yes or no, what order would YOU install these apps n, 
> buidling from source? I know it will take a long time, but I can let it churn 
> away.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Bobby
> 
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AFAIK, as long as you don't incurr in a bug, you can directly emerge
your final apps. Portage should take care of emerging all the
dependencies. So, if you

emerge -p kdegames 


you should see a lot of dependencies (X,KDE,...).
Obviously you could split the work in several steps, and the correct
sequence is
X -> Window Manager(s) -> App(s)
Many apps (Mozilla, Evolution) doesn't strictly rewuire a specific wm,
but some of them have special support for several window managers (ex:
OpenOffice places menu icons in KDE and Gnome2). I don't know if
specifying USE="kde" in make.conf and emerging OpenOffice it emerges
KDE.

If you have time, my suggestion is: reboot your box and emerge anything
you want in your preferred order (it worked for me with very little
annoyances). Keep an eye on your box and if you receive any error from
emerge check the formus and mailing lists archives, then ask the list.
Happy gentooing.

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