On Wednesday 05 October 2005 04:47 pm, Yoandy Rodriguez wrote: > The gentoo portage (tha packages install system) automatically > resolves dependencies so... if you try to install a package, it > goes and install everything needed by that package, if you do an > emerge kde it downloads xorg-x11, qt, and everything else > > On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 16:39 -0500, billyd wrote: > > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it > > installed using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with > > linux but still in a steep learning curve. I am at the point in > > this installation where I can start installing packages. The > > handbook uses kde as an example. > > > > My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be > > installed. For example, should x11-xorg be installed before > > kde? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > > > BDW > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the quick reply. I knew that some dependencies would be resolved, but in the case of x11-xorg, I wasn't sure. It does make sense, but when you get to be my age you know that just because something makes sense, doesn't mean it will turn out that way! Thanks again. BDW -- Billy D. Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
