Translations:Handbook:Parts/Installation/Base/60/en

In the USE variable users define keywords which are mapped onto compile-options. For instance,  will compile SSL support in the programs that support it. will remove X-server support (note the minus sign in front). will compile programs with GNOME (and GTK+) support, and not with KDE (and Qt) support, making the system fully tweaked for GNOME (if the architecture supports it).