Use flag Help...

[murph1083]

Im trying to install gentoo right now but I am lost with these flags. There are so many!!! I know that I dont plan to use KDE so i have so far..

USE="-kde -qt gtk gnome cdr dvdr dvd"

thats it so far but I know I need alot more then that..I have been flipping through the handbook and its not really helping me. Can some one offer me a hand to help me know what flags I need?

[jesuswaffle]

You don't really have to get all the flags right the first time around. If you pass emerge the -av flags every time you run it, you can see what USE flags all of the packages are using, and adjust things as you need to.

[spencerf]

USE flags are pretty dependent on what you want to do but here are some that I use and most likely will be beneficial.

mmx sse sse2 gimp gimpprint cups pdf win32codecs nsplugin firefox -mozilla foomaticdb alsa xvid flac usb ppds bitmap-fonts truetype-fonts type1-fonts ffmpeg dri xscreensaver

I have some others to but they are not as common and of course this list is no where comprehensive, but a good start

[murph1083]

do i need to add the "-kde" "-qt" stuff or will leaving it out do the same thing?

[spencerf]

you need to add it if you want programs to build without kde/qt components. Some programs may require these and thus the flag won't matter but some progams could be build with either gtk or qt support for example. So the -qt will ensure that it's built with gtk and not qt.