On Monday 16 June 2003 09:19 am, Chris I wrote: > > > > I did: > > > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -pv evolution > > > > > > > > and got: > > > > > > > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > > > > > > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > > > > [ebuild R ] net-mail/evolution-1.2.4 +ssl +nls +mozilla -ldap > > > > - > > > > > > doc > > > > +spell > > > > -pda -ipv6 -kerberos +kde > > > > > > Okay. > > > > > > > Then I added +ssl +nls +mozilla -ldap -doc +spell -pda -ipv6 - > > > > kerberos > > > > +kde to > > > > my USE in /etc/make.conf > > > > > > Why did you do this??? > > > > I was under the impression that I'd have to. Well, apparently I was > > wrong. How > > do I figure out which USE variables are required for any given program > > to > > emerge?
Thanks, Brett! > Brett touched on this a bit, but I thought I would try to make this a > little more clear. Absolutely no USE flags are _required_, they are all > optional. Some are turned on by default, and others are off by default. > You can find out what use flags you are using by running this command: > > emerge info | grep USE > > setting your USE flags in make.conf adds onto the default useflags. for > example, "arts" is enabled by default, but I do not wish to have > support for it, so I've put "-arts" into USE in /etc/make.conf. > > Basically, putting "XYZ" will enable support for XYZ if the program you > are emerging has support for it. > > As for the line you did, the -v tag is "verbose". After each ebuild > listing, it tells you what USE flags will affect the program. > > "+ssl +nls +mozilla -ldap -doc +spell -pda -ipv6 -kerberos +kde" > > That means that evolution will be compiled with support for ssl, nls, > mozilla, spell, and kde, but it will not have any features for ldap, > doc, pda, ipv6, or kerberos. > > You really would never need to change your use flags, but it is often a > good idea, say, if you buy a palm pilot, you can put "pda" in your USE > flag so some programs will have support for it. Thank you, Chris! Now I understand. Took quite a while ... I'm getting old ... ;-) > > > > > then I emerged evolution with: > > > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge evolution > > > > > > > > It installed fine but when I try to run it, it just shows the > > > > splash > > > > > > screen, > > > > nothing else. > > > > > > > > What did I do wrong? > > > > > > Did you have a previous version of evolution set up for your user? > > > > No. I nerver succeeded installing a functioning version. > > Some people have trouble getting it to work, and others have none. > Unfortunately I'm not using evolution, so I can't really comment too > much on it. > > > > it > > > might be some conflicting setting in your ~/evolution directory. try > > > moving it to evolution.backup and seeing if evo runs then. > > > > Same thing. Just the splash appears, and it has to be killed to remove > > it. > > Closing doesn't work either. > > > > BTW, galeon doesn't start either. Is there a connection? > > I think there might be, what version of galeon? 1.2.10 -- Best regards, Klaus -------------------------------------- Gentoo Linux = the better choice! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
