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Sugarat
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 Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:14 pm Post subject: X.org masked?? |
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Hi All,
Having just got my laptop gentooe'd.. its time to get a gui onto it..
When I do $emerge xorg-x11
I get:
calulating dependencies
!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy "xorg-x11" have been masked.
!!! possible candidates are:
- x11-base/xorg-x11-6.7.0 (masked by: ~keyword)
!!!error calculating dependencies. Please correct.
What did I do wrong!?
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30726
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge xorg-x11
or | Code: | | mkdir /etc/portage && echo "x11-base/xorg-x11 ~x86" > /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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Sugarat
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that, butnow I'm getting the same thing fot x11-terms/xterm
What did I do wrong? |
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30726
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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You didn't do anything wrong really... ACCEPT_KEYWORDS tells portage what kind of packages you want. x86=stable while ~x86=unstable/testing. The default to use is stable.
You'll have to use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge <package> everytime you want something that is "masked by keyword".
Adding an entry to /etc/portage/package.keywords makes portage always use the specified branch. Adding this will always use the unstable/testing version of xterm | Code: | | x11-terms/xterm ~x86 |
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penguinitis
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Thanks for that, butnow I'm getting the same thing fot x11-terms/xterm
What did I do wrong? |
Actually, it's not that you're doing anything "wrong". When packages are masked, it's because they are experimental and/or unstable. In order to get portage to install them, follow tin's instructions in the previous post. For example, in order to install the version of xterm you need, type:
| Code: | | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge xterm |
Hope this helps.
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Sugarat
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Ah it makes sense now. Thanks everyone.
I was surprised that x.org is masked as so many people seem to be using it.. Its working now with the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS set.. as it should be. 
Many thanks! |
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