I am sure that this is all explained somewhere but I cannot find it
easily.
When running "emerge -av gnome-light" I get :
[blocks B ] <gnome-base/control-center-2.22 (is blocking
gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-2.22.1)
[blocks B ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am (is blocking
dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2)
I am not asking anyone to wade through my make.conf and various portage
files but if someone who knows the system obviously better than I do
could please point me in the direction of how to fix this issue I would
be grateful.
My requirements are "install gnome-light 2.22.0 or later".
Thanks
Paul
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Below is make.conf and the output of the emerge command:
# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that
automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
#CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
#see http://gentoo-wiki.com/Safe_Cflags#Athlon_64_X2_.28AMD.29
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"
#do not use -O2 as this caused segmentation faults in building gcc-4.1.2
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -msse3 -Wno-error "
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo
http://distfiles.gentoo.org
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
LINGUAS="en"
# 2007 June 5
# For HPLIP added foomaticdb, scanner, snmp
# For xsane added gimp
USE="acl asf -kde qt4 dbus bluetooth gnome hal startup-notification X
samba nsplugin acpi
mp3 apm lm_sensors subversion java bzip2 fpx graphviz gs jbig jpeg
# put my own ebuilds into /usr/local/portage
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
# source the layman configuration tool that allow installation of
overlays
source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
paul wrote:
> I am sure that this is all explained somewhere but I cannot find it
> easily.
>
> When running "emerge -av gnome-light" I get :
> [blocks B ] <gnome-base/control-center-2.22 (is blocking
> gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-2.22.1)
> [blocks B ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am (is blocking
> dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2)
>
>
> I am not asking anyone to wade through my make.conf and various portage
> files but if someone who knows the system obviously better than I do
> could please point me in the direction of how to fix this issue I would
> be grateful.
>
> My requirements are "install gnome-light 2.22.0 or later".
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
Paul,
What this means is that you have some software installed on your system
already that prevents you from getting gnome-light. In this case, it
looks like you have the two packages gtk-doc-am and control-center,
which are preventing gnome-settings daemon and gtk-doc, respectively,
from being installed.
The usual way of fixing this problem is to do an emerge -avC on the
packages that are blocking to remove them and allow your gnome-light
installation to proceed. However, remember that some other packages
currently installed on your system may depend on these packages, so you
may not want to go into this blindly. I'm not an expert on the setup of
gnome dependencies, so I can't recommend this course of action
unreservedly; it's just a thought.
In the future, you'll get better (and likely more courteous) responses
if you start your own thread, rather than taking over someone else's.
You would also do well to look through the Gentoo Handbook - there's a
wonderful section at
that talks at length about blocked packages and what to do to resolve
your issues.
-Tim
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05-06-2008, 02:02 AM
Ian Graeme Hilt
blocking packages when emerge gnome-light
On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:08:49PM +0100, paul wrote:
[...]
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked
[...]
Did you even read this?
<quote>
It is also possible that two packages that are yet to be
installed are blocking each other. In this rare case, you should
find out why you need to install both. In most cases you can do
with one of the packages alone. If not, please file a bug on
Gentoo's bugtracking system.
</quote>
and since you are running unstable,
<quote>
~arch keyword means that the application is not tested
sufficiently to be put in the stable branch. Wait a few days or
weeks and try again.
</quote>
If you don't believe me, visit these links:
<http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-base/control-center?full_cat>
<http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon?full_cat>
<http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-util/gtk-doc?full_cat>
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05-10-2008, 09:44 AM
paul
blocking packages when emerge gnome-light
On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 19:57 -0500, Tim wrote:
> paul wrote:
> > I am sure that this is all explained somewhere but I cannot find it
> > easily.
> >
> > When running "emerge -av gnome-light" I get :
> > [blocks B ] <gnome-base/control-center-2.22 (is blocking
> > gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-2.22.1)
> > [blocks B ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am (is blocking
> > dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2)
> >
> >
> > I am not asking anyone to wade through my make.conf and various portage
> > files but if someone who knows the system obviously better than I do
> > could please point me in the direction of how to fix this issue I would
> > be grateful.
> >
> > My requirements are "install gnome-light 2.22.0 or later".
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Paul
> Paul,
>
> What this means is that you have some software installed on your system
> already that prevents you from getting gnome-light. In this case, it
> looks like you have the two packages gtk-doc-am and control-center,
> which are preventing gnome-settings daemon and gtk-doc, respectively,
> from being installed.
>
> The usual way of fixing this problem is to do an emerge -avC on the
> packages that are blocking to remove them and allow your gnome-light
> installation to proceed. However, remember that some other packages
> currently installed on your system may depend on these packages, so you
> may not want to go into this blindly. I'm not an expert on the setup of
> gnome dependencies, so I can't recommend this course of action
> unreservedly; it's just a thought.
>
> In the future, you'll get better (and likely more courteous) responses
> if you start your own thread, rather than taking over someone else's.
> You would also do well to look through the Gentoo Handbook - there's a
> wonderful section at
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1
>
> that talks at length about blocked packages and what to do to resolve
> your issues.
>
> -Tim
Thanks Tim
I have now fixed the problem. My confusion was caused by the fact that
when I tried "emerge --unmerge gtk-doc-am" I was told that gtk-doc-am
was not installed. It turns out that gtk-doc was installed and so
running the command "emerge -avC gtk-doc" as you suggested did the job.
I have raised bug 221195 to help clarify the situation.
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blocking packages when emerge gnome-light
