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Before installing GNOME, editing the system's USE variables is a good idea. Make sure that,  , and   are in the USE variable located in. If support for  add it to the USE flags (dbus is a system message bus GNOME uses extensively). If no KDE support is required, remove  and   from USE. USE flags can be removed by adding a minus sign in front of them. See the example below for the minus sign used properly.