USE="Flags"

[Wyldeman]

new to linux and Gentoo so i might ask a few dumb questions. So here goes one.
in nano -w /etc/make.conf USE=" "
Where do you get the and what do you put in there so you can emerge stuff???
I really dont understand what or how the stuff gets in there unless i put it in. and how do you know what needs to be in there.

Having trouble emergeing KDE. Went and read several pages and most of them said need to put this and that in the USE file. so i did . still no avail. Maybe im way off base here, i havent a clue .But at least im trying!....lol

[Wyldeman]

Is there supose to be a large list already created in the USE=" " file?
i have put about 9 different things in it there wasnt but 4 things in it to being with .

[smolloy]

Hi Wyldeman,
If you look at this page in the Gentoo handbook you'll see that there are two places where USE flags are stored. The main one is in /etc/make.defaults. This should contain a prety long list -- but don't edit this.

Instead you should make changes to the /etc/make.conf file.

You can find a list of the possible USE flags here.

What errors are you having with emerging KDE?

[Wyldeman]

ok re-emerged x11 then emerged KDE "emerge -v kde"
this is the error message i got " kde-base/kdenetwork-3.5..2 Failed"

this is the bug to report
"/var/tmp/portage/kdenetwork-3.5.2/work/kdenetwork-3.5.2/config.log"
Thanks for responding Smolloy!!!!!

[Wyldeman]

Then i trying to do it as per the Handbook
" emerge kdebase kdenetwork kdeadmin "

that didnt work either, i put kde and hal in the /etc/make.conf ( USE=" kde hal " )
this is what is listed in the USE area
USE='php5 apache2 cli opengl kernel_linux kde qt3 qt4 hal ssl "

[Wyldeman]

Then i trying to do it as per the Handbook
" emerge kdebase kdenetwork kdeadmin "

that didnt work either, i put kde and hal in the /etc/make.conf ( USE=" kde hal " )
this is what is listed in the USE area
USE='php5 apache2 cli opengl kernel_linux kde qt3 qt4 hal ssl "

I dont know if i need to list allot of the USE="Flags" that are on that page? Are if what. Just need advice.
Thanks Wy;deman

[Wyldeman]

At least im not getting that i need to emerge x11 anymore, thanks to you!

[smolloy]

Hi Wyldeman,
Just to make sure, you should not edit make.defaults. There's probably a ton of USE flags in there already.

What you need to edit is make.conf. There should only be one USE="....." line in there. Do you have two lines at the moment?

You could also try emerging kdenetwork (as that seems to be the one that has the problems) separately to see if the error message is any more specific.

[Wyldeman]

I have just one USE line

!!! please attach following file..." var/tmp/portage/kdenetwork-3.5.2/work/kdenetwork-3.5.2/config.log"
......
!!! econf failed

[Wyldeman]

Cant get kdenetwork to emerge either??