On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 10:17, Steve Withers wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 00:48, Mike Williams wrote:
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> > On Wednesday 05 November 2003 11:47, Steve Withers wrote:
> > > Can I install both of these without messing my system up? 
> > > 
> > > I already have KDE installed. But I would also like to be able to run
> > > Gnome applications....but keep KDE as my main window manager.  
> > > 
> > > Gentoo is the first distro where I've had to even think about it.  :-)  
> > 
> > Gentoo isn't a distro where you have to think about it :)
> > Just install the applications you need, portage will take care of the rest.
> 
> OK....so if I emerge gedit, it will suck all of Gnome in as well. 
> 
> Will my USE= in make.conf get in the way? 
> 
> It is still set up as it was specified for doing the KDE
> install.....which specifically expluded Gnome.  
> 
> I'll go through the docs this weekend......and fill in the gaps.....but
> I'm trying to make some progress in the meantime, too.  
> 
> Thank you - everyone - for your patience and help. I know newbies can be
> a pain. Especially newbies in a hurry. 

If you have -gnome, -gtk or -gtk2 in your USE you should probably remove
them.  Then try a `emerge gedit -pv` and see what would be installed.

-- 
Tom Wesley

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