Alan: Thanks a lot for an insightful reply. Hung
On 12/28/09 15:29, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 29 December 2009 00:21:55 Gmail wrote: > >> Hi all, >> My laptop runs KDE4 fine without x11-base/xorg-x11 installed. Should we >> install x11-base/xorg-x11 if desktop environments such as KDE4, GNOME, >> or XFCE4 are used? >> >> Happy New Year >> Hung >> >> > Not necessarily. > > xorg-x11 is a meta package that DEPENDS on other things needed for an X > session. You obviously have everything you need for an X session, how > otherwise would you be able to run KDE4? (assuming you are not exporting X). > > Normally it is advisable to install xorg-x11 so as to take advantage of > updated DEPENDs etc etc. But it's not a must, it's actually a question only > you can answer for you. > > >
