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rzdndr
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:10 pm Post subject: Installing linux-firmware

Hello

I am trying to install gentoo. Currenly when I do an

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emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmware

I get this message.

Code:

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
Dependency resolution took 1.85 s (backtrack: 0/20).

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "sys-kernel/linux-firmware" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- sys-kernel/linux-firmware-99999999::gentoo (masked by: || ( ) linux-fw-redistributable license(s), missing keyword)
A copy of the 'linux-fw-redistributable' license is located at '/var/db/repos/gentoo/licenses/linux-fw-redistributable'.

- sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20240709-r1::gentoo (masked by: || ( ) linux-fw-redistributable license(s))
- sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20240610-r3::gentoo (masked by: || ( ) linux-fw-redistributable license(s), ~amd64 keyword)
- sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20240610-r1::gentoo (masked by: || ( ) linux-fw-redistributable license(s))
- sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20240513::gentoo (masked by: || ( ) linux-fw-redistributable license(s))

For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

From the https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-kernel/linux-firmware page I can tell that 9999 is in the testing phase, as well as 20240610-r3. How can I continue installing linux-firmware package. I think I will be choosing 20240709-r1:0 but am not sure.

Kind Regards
Riza

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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:13 pm Post subject:

This is "only" a problem with the licences you accept. For testing try this:

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# ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" emerge linux-firmware

You should then modify your make.conf; see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Optional:_Configure_the_ACCEPT_LICENSE_variable
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rzdndr
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:17 pm Post subject:

pietinger wrote:

This is "only" a problem with the licences you accept. For testing try this:

Code:

# ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" emerge linux-firmware

You should then modify your make.conf; see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Optional:_Configure_the_ACCEPT_LICENSE_variable

Does this mean I am accepting every license?

I would maybe after that add this to the /etc/portage/make.conf

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ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE"

pietinger
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:22 pm Post subject:

rzdndr wrote:

pietinger wrote:

This is "only" a problem with the licences you accept. For testing try this:

Code:

# ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" emerge linux-firmware

You should then modify your make.conf; see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Optional:_Configure_the_ACCEPT_LICENSE_variable

Does this mean I am accepting every license?

It means that you accept every license for the package "linux-firmware" at the moment ... later, when you modify it globally in your make.conf you have to decide yourself what you want to accept.

I am allowing every license with one exception: End User Licenses in my make.conf:

Code:

ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"

... but it is your decision.
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rzdndr
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:25 pm Post subject:

pietinger wrote:

rzdndr wrote:

pietinger wrote:

This is "only" a problem with the licences you accept. For testing try this:

Code:

# ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" emerge linux-firmware

You should then modify your make.conf; see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Optional:_Configure_the_ACCEPT_LICENSE_variable

Does this mean I am accepting every license?

Code:

ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"

... but it is your decision.

I will be using the example given in the handbook. Could these be change in the future, when something else comes up, and I would need to accept every license?

pietinger
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:29 pm Post subject:

rzdndr wrote:

[....] Could these be change in the future, when something else comes up, and I would need to accept every license?

No, there is no reason to accept every license (except laziness, like me) ... if you really want to accept a license that is not covered by @FREE and @BINARY-REDISTRIBUTABLE, you can always add it to the ACCEPT_LICENSE variable.
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bstaletic
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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2024 1:34 pm Post subject:

You can change which licenses you accept at any time. You can even change per-package configuration. This is no different than USE flags.

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