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kariko
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 Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 3:52 am Post subject: virtual/x11 error when compiling any X apps |
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I've recently been getting the following error when trying to compile anything related to X...
!!! Error: couldn't find match for virtual/x11 in ....
Yes, I do have X installed, I'm using 4.20-r12. Is there a way to manually tell emerge that I have X installed? It started happening after an emerge sync and a reboot.
I would rather not emerge xfree if i don't have to, the last time I did that, I spent a day trying to get X to work again 
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Try emerge --clean rsync, what version of portage are you using btw?
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| Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 4:34 am Post subject: Re: virtual/x11 error when compiling any X apps |
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| kariko wrote: | | Is there a way to manually tell emerge that I have X installed? |
"emerge --inject xfree" should do the trick.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 4:37 am Post subject: Re: virtual/x11 error when compiling any X apps |
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| delta407 wrote: | | kariko wrote: | | Is there a way to manually tell emerge that I have X installed? |
"emerge --inject xfree" should do the trick. |
I don't think that is the problem, but perhaps it will work.
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delta407
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| Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 4:40 am Post subject: Re: virtual/x11 error when compiling any X apps |
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| AutoBot wrote: | | delta407 wrote: | | "emerge --inject xfree" should do the trick. |
I don't think that is the problem, but perhaps it will work. |
I think his Portage data files aren't recording a package that PROVIDEs "virtual/x11" for whatever reason. If it's actually installed, the inject should record virtual/x11 (see /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.2.0-r12.ebuild) and the world should be happy.
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kariko
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| Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 5:05 am Post subject: It worked! |
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I was previously using portage 2.0.7; I upgraded it to 2.0.11, did an emerge --clean rsync and now everything works. Yay!
Thanks a bunch! Any idea how my portage got messed up though? (So I won't make the same mistake?) |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 5:25 am Post subject: Re: It worked! |
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| kariko wrote: | I was previously using portage 2.0.7; I upgraded it to 2.0.11, did an emerge --clean rsync and now everything works. Yay!
Thanks a bunch! Any idea how my portage got messed up though? (So I won't make the same mistake?) |
It wasn't your fault, portage is a work in progress that isn't perfect but is getting better all the time.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 5:30 am Post subject: Re: It worked! |
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| AutoBot wrote: | | It wasn't your fault, portage is a work in progress that isn't perfect but is getting better all the time. |
I concur. Occasionally Portage just needs a good poke with a pointy stick; fortunately, that stick doesn't have to be as pointy as a reformat/reinstall a la Windows. One or two commands at the console are generally enough. 
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