Re: KDE5 plasma: how to prevent startup of akonadiserver(s)

On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 at 10:46, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:
> With the recent update to FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT r1400094 and ports from
> bleeding edge I see a lot of akonadiserver running, which I really do
> not need:
>
> [guru@c720-1400094 ~]$ ps ax | grep kon
> 1546  -  S     0:02,50 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_control
> 1566  -  S     0:00,39 /usr/local/bin/akonadiserver
> 1617  -  S     0:01,20 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_akonotes_resource --identifier akonadi_akon
> 1618  -  S     0:02,46 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_archivemail_agent --identifier akonadi_arch
> 1619  -  S     0:01,19 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_birthdays_resource --identifier akonadi_bir
> 1620  -  S     0:01,22 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_contacts_resource --identifier akonadi_cont
> 1621  -  S     0:02,48 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_followupreminder_agent --identifier akonadi
> 1622  -  S     0:01,25 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_ical_resource --identifier akonadi_ical_res
> 1623  -  SN    0:01,28 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_indexing_agent --identifier akonadi_indexin
> 1624  -  S     0:01,21 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_maildir_resource --identifier akonadi_maild
> 1625  -  S     0:01,28 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_maildispatcher_agent --identifier akonadi_m
> 1626  -  S     0:02,46 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_mailfilter_agent --identifier akonadi_mailf
> 1627  -  S     0:02,36 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_mailmerge_agent --identifier akonadi_mailme
> 1628  -  S     0:01,20 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_migration_agent --identifier akonadi_migrat
> 1629  -  S     0:01,34 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent --identifier akonadi_
> 1630  -  S     0:02,38 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_sendlater_agent --identifier akonadi_sendla
> 1631  -  S     0:02,43 /usr/local/bin/akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent --identifier akonadi_u
>
> How could I prevent its start on start of plasma?

I assume you have installed x11/kde5 metaport. If you don't need
akonadi and any software that relies on it, you could safely remove
akonadi package. KDE software is very granular nowadays, you can
install whatever you want without pulling staff you don't need.

Cheers,
Max