Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4.x installation blocks

[Frank Steinmetzger]

Am Freitag, 4. September 2009 schrieb Jim Cunning:
> I am trying to install KDE 4.2 or 4.3 on a stable KDE 3.5.10 system,
> following the guidelines in
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml, and the emerge
> fails with the following blocks:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> [blocks B     ] net-wireless/bluez-libs ("net-wireless/bluez-libs" is
> blocking net-wireless/bluez-4.39)
> [blocks B     ] net-wireless/bluez ("net-wireless/bluez" is blocking
> net-wireless/bluez-libs-3.36)
>
> Total: 294 packages (3 upgrades, 145 new, 141 in new slots, 5 reinstalls),
> Size of downloads: 347,708 kB
> Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied)
>
>  * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
>  * installed at the same time on the same system.
>
>   ('installed', '/', 'net-wireless/bluez-libs-3.36', 'nomerge') pulled in
> by
>
>     >=net-wireless/bluez-libs-3.12 required by
>
> ('installed', '/', 'gnome-base/gvfs-1.0.3-r2', 'nomerge')
>
>   ('ebuild', '/', 'net-wireless/bluez-4.39', 'merge') pulled in by
>     net-wireless/bluez required by
> ('ebuild', '/', 'kde-base/solid-4.2.4', 'merge')
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> I don't use gnome, but it appears that gnome-base/gvfs is ultimately pulled
> in by net-im/pidgin, which I do use.  Does this mean I can't continue using
> pidgin with KDE4?  Are there good alternatives to pidgin, including OTR
> (the encrypted plug-in)?

I've had (and still have) the same problem. I solved it by removing 
kdebluetooth and the current bluez files. Another possibility is to disable 
bluetooth support in kde4 by setting USE flags to -bluetooth for the 
responsible kde4 packages. (use -t with emerge to see which packages those 
are).
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