[arch-general] gnome only install - installing compiz pulls in kde4-runtime?? Why?

[Evangelos Foutras]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:51 AM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
>        First install with the 2010-5 dual net install on an i686 box. Kudos, install
> was painless. Only issue was I had my pkg/ dir on a usb stick and I couldn't get
> the installer to use it for install. I mounted it where it was supposed to be
> mounted according to the installer (don't remember exactly /src/core/pkg or the
> like). It couldn't find the core.blah package...
>
>        This is the first install where I haven't install kde/kdm. For this install, I
> only installed gnome/gdm. I don't want kde4 within 10 feet of this box. I do
> want compiz installed. When I installed compiz, it pulled in kde4 runtime, the
> compiz-decorator-kde, kdelibs, etc..
>
>        Why?  Can't I just have a gnome box with compiz? Can I uninstall the kde4 mess?

See here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compiz#Install_from_.5Bcommunity.5D