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MultiForce
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 Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:22 pm Post subject: USE flag question for installing FireFox |
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Gentoo(/Linux) noob but I've managed to install Gentoo and LXDE etc. on a small laptop I have.
I want to install Firefox too but I guess I'm missing something about the whole USE flag thing.
emerge --ask firefox gives:
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The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
(see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
# required by www-client/firefox-24.8.0
# required by firefox (argument)
=dev-lang/python-2.7.7 sqlite |
I then added the USE flag it complains about to my /etc/portage/portage.use file, so it looks like this:
| Quote: | x11-base/xorg-server udev
dev-lang/python-2.7.7 sqlite |
I still get the same error msg when running emerge --ask firefox, so I guess I'm doing something wrong.
When I run emerge --info I don't see the sqlite flag but not sure if should be in that list anyway.
Output here:
http://pastebin.com/3vGtANf7 |
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John R. Graham
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If you really named it portage.use, then that's your problem. The name of the file or directory should be package.use.
Also note the missing '=' character at the beginning of the second line.
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creaker
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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should be
| Code: | | =dev-lang/python-2.7.7 sqlite |
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| Code: | | dev-lang/python sqlite |
the first one will activate sqlite for python-2.7.7 only, the last one will activate flag for any python versions. |
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VoidMage
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| John R. Graham wrote: | | Also note the missing '=' character at the beginning of the second line. |
...and that setting useflag by an '=foo' expression (unless you really mean it) is asking for a headache later on. |
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creaker
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| John R. Graham wrote: | The name of the file or directory should be backage.use.
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John R. Graham
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Wow. Thank you. Corrected above (hopefully before the OP saw it).
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MultiForce
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| John R. Graham wrote: | Wow. Thank you. Corrected above (hopefully before the OP saw it).
- John |
Got it! Thanks guys!
Don't know how I could miss that so many times when I read through the wiki but I guess it's just the wrong day or something.
Started installing on a second laptop too so I'm sure I'll be back later  |
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