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From: "Mateusz A. Mierzwiński" <mateuszmierzwinski@××.pl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] WTF? VMWare server modules blocks :/
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 20:29:05
Message-Id: 4820C1A3.7060705@o2.pl
1 /etc/init.d/vmware start
2 * VMware Server is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
3 * for the running kernel.
4 * Please ensure that the modules have been compiled for this kernel:
5 * emerge --oneshot vmware-modules
6 * Also ensure VMware Server has been configured:
7 * /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl
8 * VMware is not properly configured! See
9 above. [ !! ]
10 * ERROR: vmware failed to start
11
12 -----------
13
14 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
15
16 Calculating dependencies... done!
17 [ebuild N ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.17-r1 0 kB
18 [blocks B ] >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 (is blocking
19 app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187)
20
21 Total: 1 package (1 new, 1 block), Size of downloads: 0 kB
22
23 !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
24 installed
25 !!! at the same time on the same system.
26
27 For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
28 section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
29
30 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
31
32
33 What is that block? This should be installed? What is done with portage,
34 that blocks exists when I try to install software that is part of other
35 package (and higher package depend on it)?
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Re: [gentoo-user] WTF? VMWare server modules blocks :/ Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>