Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to solve blockage when trying to install kde-meta-4.1.2

[Andrey Vul]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Rafael Barrera Oro <borafael@×××××.com> wrote:
> Hello people, i tried to install kde-meta-4.1.2 and i ran across a few
> problems. The thing is that some packages are blocking packages required for
> the installation
>
> The following is output of portage when displaying the blocking packages
>
> [uninstall    ] app-crypt/qca-1.0-r2  [?]
> [blocks b     ] <app-crypt/qca-1.0-r3 ("<app-crypt/qca-1.0-r3" is blocking
> app-crypt/qca-2.0.1-r1)
> [blocks B     ] <=x11-libs/qt-4.4.0_alpha:4 ("<=x11-libs/qt-4.4.0_alpha:4"
> is blocking x11-libs/qt-script-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.4.2,
> x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-gui-4.4.2,
> x11-libs/qt-svg-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-core-4.4.2,
> x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.4.2)
> [blocks B     ] <sys-fs/udev-114 ("<sys-fs/udev-114" is blocking
> media-gfx/sane-backends-1.0.19-r2, media-libs/libgphoto2-2.4.2)

> My usual solution for problems of this kind is to mercilessly unmerge any
> packages that stand in my way, but, considering we are talking about
> packages like qt and udev, i must admit i do not dare to follow my usual
> strategy.
AFAIK, only KDE4 uses Qt 4.
Unmerge x11-libs/qt:4 and emerge the split qt.
Unless you don't have qt installed, then something's weird.

Can you post the output of eix x11-libs/qt -c ?


As long as you don't use USB or any hotplug devices, you can unmerge
and remerge udev at will.

> I guess the paths i can follow are masking some packages or unmerging some
> packages, being confronted by such a decision and unsure of what i should
> do, i decided to seek your advice.
Make backups, then do what you usually do.

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