[gentoo-user] do I need plasma-meta to use KDE ?

[gentoo-user] do I need plasma-meta to use KDE ?

[Philip Webb]

I've just updated all my installed pkgs ( c 112 ) for KDE
(apps frameworks plasma), except for 'plasma-meta',
which raises an error :

  Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
  installed at the same time on the same system.

  (gnome-base/gnome-common-3.18.0-r1:3/3::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    gnome-base/gnome-common:3 required by (sys-fs/udisks-2.7.4-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)

  (sys-devel/autoconf-archive-2018.03.13:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    sys-devel/autoconf-archive required by (sys-fs/udisks-2.7.4-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
    sys-devel/autoconf-archive required by (sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.145-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)

None of the pkgs in the error msg are needed by anything outside kde-plasma.

Before I reboot & risk failure of KDE to start,
can anyone advise me whether I need kde-plasma in order to use KDE ?

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Re: [gentoo-user] do I need plasma-meta to use KDE ?

[Peter Humphrey]

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On Friday, 7 December 2018 15:11:21 GMT Philip Webb wrote:
> I've just updated all my installed pkgs ( c 112 ) for KDE
> (apps frameworks plasma), except for 'plasma-meta',
> which raises an error :
> 
>   Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>   installed at the same time on the same system.
> 
>   (gnome-base/gnome-common-3.18.0-r1:3/3::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
>     gnome-base/gnome-common:3 required by
> (sys-fs/udisks-2.7.4-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> 
>   (sys-devel/autoconf-archive-2018.03.13:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for
> merge) pulled in by sys-devel/autoconf-archive required by
> (sys-fs/udisks-2.7.4-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> sys-devel/autoconf-archive required by
> (sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.145-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
> 
> None of the pkgs in the error msg are needed by anything outside kde-plasma.
> 
> Before I reboot & risk failure of KDE to start,
> can anyone advise me whether I need kde-plasma in order to use KDE ?

You don't need any meta packages to have a working plasma desktop. The "Why 
vulkan" and "Plasma sound devices" threads above were about this. My system 
now has several dozen fewer packages than it had.

The way I did it was to emerge --deselect the highest-level meta package, 
emerge -c and note what I'd have to put back in later. Then the next meta 
package, and so on until they'd all gone. Don't forget to quickpkg the system 
if you don't have packages already.

Then I defined three sets under /etc/portage/sets; I've attached a file 
listing their kde entries; of course your list will differ but you can see the 
idea.

A word for those of a nervous disposition: all this work feels like an 
adventure, not to be undertaken lightly, but a modicum of common sense and 
availability of backups should see you through. No guarantees, though.   :)

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

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/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/akonadi
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/akonadi-import-wizard
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/akonadiconsole
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/kcolorchooser
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/kdepim-addons
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/khelpcenter
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/kwalletmanager
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/mailimporter
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/mbox-importer
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/print-manager
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-apps/spectacle
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-plasma/breeze-gtk
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-plasma/kde-gtk-config
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-plasma/kdeplasma-addons
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-plasma/powerdevil
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-plasma/sddm-kcm
/etc/portage/sets/utils:kde-plasma/systemsettings
/etc/portage/sets/plasma:kde-apps/konsole
/etc/portage/sets/plasma:kde-plasma/plasma-desktop
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/ark
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/dolphin
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/filelight
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/gwenview
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/k3b
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/kmail
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/kwrite
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/okular
/etc/portage/sets/apps:kde-apps/konqueror