Re: [gentoo-user] libungif?

[Philip Webb]

060227 David Corbin & Philip Webb discussed:
>>> grep: /usr/lib/libungif.la: No such file or directory
>> Which version of Kdegraphics are you trying to install ?
> *  kde-base/kdegraphics
>       Latest version available: 3.4.3-r4
>       Latest version installed: 3.4.1-r1

I would recommend upgrading to 3.5.1 (see below).

>> Have you thought of using the split ebuilds instead ?
> I had not.  How do I find out what ebuilds that really means?

The basics are installed by 'kdebase-startkde', which grabs dependencies,
incl 'kdelibs', which you could start with, if you want.
Then install whatever you want from 'kde-base/', eg 'konqueror', 'konsole'.

>> Using the latter (3.5.1), I have a lot of separate KDE packages installed
>> & no 'libungif.la' but instead 'libgif.la',
>> which comes from 'media-libs/giflib-4.1.4'.
> I really don't want to have to use masked packages,
> as the machine in questions is my primary desktop at work.

3.5.1 is in "testing" (~) & it's only the ebuilds which might have problems.
I've been using it for  1 week  & it's quite stable & reliable;
before that, 3.5.0 also gave no problems despite also being "testing".
The Gentoo KDE devs really are a bit too conservative (smile).

KDE is slotted, so 3.4.1 should remain available & before you remove it,
you can use 'quickpkg' to make a binary, if you're really paranoid.
You may need to change references from '3.4.1' to '3.5.1' here & there
in order to use your old configs & such.

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