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J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Friday 04 September 2009 13:47:51 Cinder Cinder wrote: |
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>> Wow! I made it! I'm in! Just installed my first Gentoo (Phew!). Its cool! |
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>> I'm up to part 2 of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook "Working With Gentoo" and |
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>> I've managed to install a few things, namely vim, links, and xorg-server |
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>> (As per the Xorg server Configuration Guide) in addition the some essential |
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>> tools mentioned in the Handbook. I tried to install xfce4-meta (Xfce |
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>> Configuration Guide) |
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>> code: |
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>> # emerge -avt xfce4-meta |
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>> ... and was informed that I need to add +jpeg to my USE flags. So I did |
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>> (minus the plus sign:) Then emerge said some packages are blocking each |
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>> other. I tried unmerging the blocking packages as per the Handbook. but |
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>> they don't seem to be installed yet, so that seems to rule out updating |
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>> them. The Handbook says if two yet to be installed packages are blocking |
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>> each other I should file a bug report. I don't understand bug reporting |
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>> yet. I tried updating the system. |
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>> Code: |
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>> # emerge --update --deep world |
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>> ... but I get the same meassage. Can anyone help? Heres my /etc/make.conf |
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> <snipped configuration files> |
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> Can you paste the exact output you get when you run: |
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> # emerge -va --update --deep world |
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> the "-va" will make the output verbose and will ask for confirmation if all |
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> dependencies can be resolved correctly. |
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> (might be usefull to always use that to double check what you are installing) |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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The OP may also want to consider unmasking the latest portage, |
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portage-2.2_rc40. That is the version I am using and it seems to work |
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fine. This may take care of some of the blocking issues depending on |
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the version of portage he is currently using. |
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Just worth thinking about. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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