upgrade a lot of wierd packages

roelof · Guru Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 482

Hello,

I did a fresh install of Gentoo today.
I did enable the desktop profile.
After that I did emerge --update --deep --newuse world.

And I see that I have 131 packages to update among qt4 packages.

How can that be even I don't have a DE installed yet.

Roelof

ulenrich · Guru Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 466

emerge -p --depclean $(qlist -IC x11-libs/qt)
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roelof · Guru Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 482

Sorry, must I do this and put the output here or just do this ?

Roelof

John R. Graham · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:21 pm Post subject:

Probably not the answer on a new install. Look at your effective USE flags (with "emerge --info"). You'll probably see that X and/or qt support is on by default. It's actually normal when you switch to one of the desktop profiles to see a lot of rebuilds for "new use". I typically get my installation bootable and up to date with one of the base profiles (e.g., default/linux/x86/10.0) before switching to a desktop profile. I'd just check the USE flags, make corrections as necessary, and then let whatever's left happen. Totally normal.

- John
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The Doctor · l33t Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 944

You know, emerge -pvNDt world and equery $(qlist -IC x11-libs/qt) are powerful tools. They will tell you more than just that it is a dependency. Its the right tool for the job. You can pipe their output to a pager since it is unlikely you will be able to view the output on a terminal. This is done by appending | less to the command. I don't want bash, but depclean is the wrong tool for the job.

You probably just installed some X already. For example, root depends on qt-qt3support and dev-python/PyQt depends on x11-libs/qt-opengl.
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roelof · Guru Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 482

Oke,

So as I understand you right.

1) Switch to a base profile with eselect profile list and then eselect profile set x
2) Update the box ( emerge --update --deep --newuse world)

Can I also install later on Mate when I don't switch later to a desktop profile ?

@theDoctor : I only install x11-drivers and x11-base/xorg-server.

Roelof

The Doctor · l33t Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 944

roelof · Guru Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 482

Thanks,

Wierd dependencies at this time.
I could understand that qt depends on xorg but otherwise I still find it wierd,

But case closed for me.

Roelof