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From: Mark M <makalsky@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge confused about gnome-icon-theme version?
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:31:35
Message-Id: 5591a9500612310227nfec1ed8mdb10211437f5e91c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge confused about gnome-icon-theme version? by Daniel D Jones
1 On 12/31/06, Daniel D Jones <ddjones@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Friday 29 December 2006 09:25, Daniel D Jones wrote:
4 > > root@Merlin:/ # emerge -s gnome-icon-theme
5 > > Searching...
6 > > [ Results for search key : gnome-icon-theme ]
7 > > [ Applications found : 1 ]
8 > >
9 > > * x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme
10 > > Latest version available: 2.16.1
11 > > Latest version installed: 2.16.1
12 > ...
13 > >root@Merlin:/ # emerge gnome-applets
14 > > Emerging (1 of 1) gnome-base/gnome-applets-2.16.2 to
15 > ...
16 > > checking for GIT... configure: error: Package requirements
17 > > (gnome-icon-theme >= 2.15.91) were not met:
18 > > Requested 'gnome-icon-theme >= 2.15.91' but version of gnome-icon-theme
19 > is
20 > > 2.10.1
21 > >
22 > > Something is confused somewhere about the version of gnome-icon-theme
23 > > installed. I've resynced and reemerged gnome-icon-theme with no
24 > success.
25 > > Any suggestions?
26 >
27 > It appears no one has any suggestions. Can someone perhaps tell me how
28 > portage goes about determining the installed version to give me a
29 > direction
30 > to start trying to figure this out.
31 >
32 > --
33 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
34 >
35 > Hi there,
36 All installed packages are recorded in /var/db/pkg
37 so in your case you can check /var/db/pkg/x11-themes/
38 for gnome-icon-theme packages installed.
39
40 Maybe stating the obvious here, but have you tried to remove and then
41 install gnome-icon-theme again?
42
43 Happy new year all !!!

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge confused about gnome-icon-theme version? Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>