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From: Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update --deep world installs unwanted packages
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:40:41
Message-Id: 342e1090608081427hfbf7eceg260db4939b1af074@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge --update --deep world installs unwanted packages by Andrew Syrewicze
1 On 8/8/06, Andrew Syrewicze <asyrewicze@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hey eveyone. This is probably a really simple question. I've used debian
3 > for many years and recnetly made a permanent switch to gentoo, so i'm a
4 > bit noobish when it comes to portage.
5 >
6 > I had pretty much all the programs I want installed on my machine so i
7 > figured I should run an update to keep everything current, so i ran
8 > "emerge --update --deep world".
9 >
10 > This reinstalled two packages that I had recently removed like epiphany,
11 > and evolution. When I removed these prior to the update I followed the
12 > portage documentation on removing them, and ran the proper sequence of
13 > commands.
14 >
15 > so, my question is. How can I stop portage from reinstallin g these
16 > packages everytime I run an update???
17 >
18
19 They're probably dependencies from another package. Try
20
21 emerge -uDpvt world
22
23 That is a short for "--update --depp --pretend --verbose --tree".
24
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26 Daniel da Veiga
27 Computer Operator - RS - Brazil
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