Version: 3.5.5 (using KDE KDE 3.5.5) Installed from: Gentoo Packages OS: Linux I have basic (kde-base/kdebase-metakde-base/kdebase-meta) kde installed and want to install akregator only. However akregator trying to pool a lot of other packages which I don't want: [ebuild N ] kde-base/akregator-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/kontact-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkpimidentities-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/certmanager-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkdenetwork-3.5.4 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gpgme-1.1.2-r1 [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gnupg-1.9.20-r3 USE="X nls -caps -gpg2-experimental -ldap (-selinux) -smartcard" [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libksba-0.9.14 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/pth-1.4.0 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libassuan-0.6.10 [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.5-r2 USE="X nls readline zlib -bindist -bzip2 -curl -ecc -idea -ldap (-selinux) -smartcard -static -usb" LINGUAS="ru" [ebuild N ] media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r4 USE="jpeg png -tiff" [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkdepim-3.5.5-r1 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkcal-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/ktnef-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama"[ebuild N ] kde-base/akregator-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/kontact-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkpimidentities-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/certmanager-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkdenetwork-3.5.4 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gpgme-1.1.2-r1 [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gnupg-1.9.20-r3 USE="X nls -caps -gpg2-experimental -ldap (-selinux) -smartcard" [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libksba-0.9.14 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/pth-1.4.0 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libassuan-0.6.10 [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.5-r2 USE="X nls readline zlib -bindist -bzip2 -curl -ecc -idea -ldap (-selinux) -smartcard -static -usb" LINGUAS="ru" [ebuild N ] media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r4 USE="jpeg png -tiff" [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkdepim-3.5.5-r1 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkcal-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" [ebuild N ] kde-base/ktnef-3.5.5 USE="arts kdehiddenvisibility -debug -kdeenablefinal -xinerama" the main dependency is kde-base/kontactkde-base/kontact. I was wondering is it possible to make it optional?
sorry, pasted it twice (another bug in Klipper). Here is the cleaned version: [ebuild N ] kde-base/akregator-3.5.5 [ebuild N ] kde-base/kontact-3.5.5 [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkpimidentities-3.5.5 [ebuild N ] kde-base/certmanager-3.5.5 [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkdenetwork-3.5.4 [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gpgme-1.1.2-r1 [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gnupg-1.9.20-r3 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libksba-0.9.14 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/pth-1.4.0 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/libassuan-0.6.10 [ebuild N ] app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.5-r2 [ebuild N ] media-gfx/xloadimage-4.1-r4 [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkdepim-3.5.5-r1 [ebuild N ] kde-base/libkcal-3.5.5 [ebuild N ] kde-base/ktnef-3.5.5
Akregator doesn't depend on kontact (gentoo probably ships the kontact plugin together with the main app or something) . It depends on libkdepim though, which draws in other stuff from kdepim. That again causes the dependencies to gnupg etc.
I'm fine libkdepim only. But I don't need gnupg and other staff. So my wish is to be able to compile with less dependencies or without it at all.
Actually this is a packaging issue with your distrubtion, imho, so I'm closing it.