On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:55:25 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > The problem is that wicd insists* on a gtk interface, which would force > me to install X etc. before the first boot, so that wicd could enable > me to fetch all the sources. > > Is there any way to get a CLI version of wicd installed? > > * It really insists: even USE=-gtk emerge -pv wicd still throws the > same error about missing config parameters in some X package.
Wicd also has an X use flag. I've just tried emerge -p wicd on a headless (and Xless) box and it didn't try to pull in any X related packages. You'll have to try USE="-X -gtk -qt4" emerge -pvt wicd see what is pulling in X, add USE flags to the command, rinse and repeat. That it can be done is not in doubt, whether it is worth the effort is. Personally, I USE="eth0" when installing Gentoo on a laptop. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 01F: Reserved for future mistakes of our developers.
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