okay. i just reinstalled with USE="", and they both work. On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 11:19:03PM -0400, Chris I wrote: > On 2003.06.26 22:39, downtime null wrote: > >so is +gtk required in the USE variable to get the GUI client? > > > >and what about gkrellm. i have the 2.1.10 version installed, but a > >'emerge -pv gkrellm' shows '[ebuild R ] app-admin/gkrellm-2.1.10 -gtk > >-gtk2 +nls'. do i need to change USE to '+gtk +gnome +kde +qt' to be > >able to really use packages in one environment that were written for > >the other? i guess that wouldn't be such a big deal, but that really > >makes me wonder about why there's a USE variable to begin with... > > > >so, do i need to change '-gtk -gnome +kde +qt' to '+gtk +gnome +kde > >+qt' to get this stuff to work correctly. > > gkrellm has a daemon mode that does not require an interface to be > built on the machine in question. I'm not sure why xchat can be built > without the UI. Just setting "gtk" into your USE will fix this, no need > to add "gnome" as well. > > I would think that this incident illustrates WHY there are use flags. > Granted, not having the gkrellm ui built in your case is inconvenient, > but it could make sense to someone who only needs the daemon on, say, a > server, for example. > > -Chris I > > I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. > -- Isaac Asimov
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