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From: Andrew Syrewicze <asyrewicze@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] espxe masked by missing keyword
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:59:56
Message-Id: 44D986B1.8030201@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] espxe masked by missing keyword by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:57:18 +0000, Andrew Syrewicze wrote:
3 >
4 >
5 >> I've been trying to emerge epsxe but it is masked by a missing keyword?
6 >> how do i go about unmasking this package??? I'm new to gentoo and
7 >> portage.
8 >>
9 >
10 > When you receive an error message, please post the exact message with
11 > some context. The more precise your question, the more precise the
12 > answers you will receive.
13 >
14 >
15 >
16 here is the output from portage when I try to emerge
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18
19 DreamMachine asyrewicze # emerge --ask epsxe
20
21 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
22
23 Calculating dependencies
24 !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "epsxe" have been masked.
25 !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
26 request:
27 - games-emulation/epsxe-1.6.0-r3 (masked by: missing keyword)
28 - games-emulation/epsxe-1.5.2-r1 (masked by: missing keyword)
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30 For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
31 refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
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33
34 I don't know how to go about unmasking an unknown keyword. Any Ideas anyone
35
36 -A

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Re: [gentoo-user] espxe masked by missing keyword Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>