On Saturday, 30 May 2020 23:16:56 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 30 May 2020 22:46:18 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > The point of meta packages is that they install a whole set of stuff, > > > in this case "Merge this to pull in all Plasma 5 packages". If you > > > don't want the kitchen sink, don't use meta packages. I have a kde > > > set in /etc/ portage/sets that includes just what I want. As a result > > > I have a decent KDE desktop but without needing networkmanager, or > > > any of the PIM stuff. > > > > I tried doing that some time ago. I got so heavily bogged down in a > > dependency mire that I gave up. You wouldn't like to show your set, > > would you? Please? :) > > Here you go. I make no claims as to its suitability, or even uptodatedness
---8> Many thanks. After writing that I had another go using a different approach, and it just fell into place. Combining your set and mine ought to give me a working system. With such a complex, reticulated (I think that's the word) system as plasma, it's easier to subtract from a whole set than to build up from nothing. -- Regards, Peter.
