Tom, do you happen to be a member of the avlug? On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 18:31, Tom Nicholson wrote: > After getting sound working on my console-only, 4 gig server box I > became dissatisfied with mpg123 when I couldn't pause it interactively. > So I found mp3blaster on the net. So where's the problem? well, I had to > install 'by hand' (./configure make make install) instead of using emerge > and being new to Gentoo I'm curious about the issues involved. > > Main issue being-- why the ebuild for mp3blaster wanted to install x11 > stuff which I don't have room for? > > The mp3blaster is designed from getgo for console use, so I read, and > uses ncurses so why all the x-base and font stuff? Is this a fault of the > ebuild or the portage or me? > > See references below. It's true that I installed mp3blaster 3.1.3 and > emerge wanted to install 3.1.1 but I don't think that accounts for all the > xfree stuff it wanted to insert. And I thought emerge was supposed to get > us the most uptodate versions? And yes, I LIKE Gentoo very much so > this is honest wanting to know from a new-bee, not criticism. > Tom --- Aaron M. Matteson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.loreland.com
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