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

[Alan McKinnon]

On Friday 04 September 2009 19:32:15 Jim Cunning wrote:
> 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)?
>

bluez and bluez-libs are mutally blocking.

emerge -avC bluez-libs
emerge -av bluez

The message about gcfs is simply the dependency tree so you can see what 
causes bluez to be installed/retained, it's not the actual blocker.

IIRC gvfs can use bluez-4. Check the gvfs ebuild to make sure.

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