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From: Tamer Higazi <th982a@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how updating to gnome3 ?!
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:58:12
Message-Id: 4F5DF298.9020002@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] how updating to gnome3 ?! by Alan McKinnon
1 Hi Alan!
2 I thought more or less that I have to unmask packages, or making any
3 configurations to unlock the update to gnome3.
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5 If I run now:
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7 tamer@office ~ $ emerge -pav gnome
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9 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
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11 Calculating dependencies... done!
12 [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1-r1 USE="cdr cups dvdr ldap
13 policykit -accessibility -mono" 0 kB
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15 Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
16 tamer@office ~ $
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19 I get one package to reinstall.
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22 If I run "layman -a gnome" and re-execute the command:
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25 I got this message:
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27 * If you enabled the GNOME overlay to get GNOME 3.2, please disable
28 * it now, since GNOME 3.2 is already in portage and unmasked.
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32 How do I install gnome 3.2, that is now in portage?!
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41 Am 11.03.2012 17:43, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
42 > On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:01:41 +0100
43 > Tamer Higazi <th982a@××××××××××.com> wrote:
44 >
45 >> Hi people!
46 >> I want to upgrade gnome 2.32 to gnome 3.
47 >>
48 >> First question, is it now officially supported by the gentoo team or
49 >> should I keep my fingers away of it?!
50 >>
51 >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/gnome/howtos/gnome-3.2-upgrade.xml
52 >>
53 >> doesn't tell me a lot how to accomplish this task. Is there any
54 >> official documentation telling me how to doit, unmasking, flags
55 >> etc....
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58 >> for any advise I would thank you.
59 >
60 > What sort of information are you looking for?
61 >
62 > gnome-3 is marked unstable, so if you run ~x86 or ~amd64 just
63 >
64 > emerge -av gnome
65 >
66 > and deal with any breakage. This is generally how gentoo works for
67 > everything. What were you expecting in terms of documentation ?
68 >
69 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] how updating to gnome3 ?! "Bruce Hill
Re: [gentoo-user] how updating to gnome3 ?! Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>