Portage no makin sense... [Solved]

grooveman · Veteran Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 1217

Me: Most venerated Gentoo system, I am interested in installing the package "kdebase-kioslaves". I have dutifully given all you ask. I have spent 4 days alone in compilitory supplication for your most current update -- and 7 days upon your installation not three months ago. I have wresteled with rev-dep demons and broken packages. I humbly beseech thee: What must I do to install this package?

Portage: Thou hast asked, and I shall let it be known, that there are three obstacles that must be overcome -- for the package kdebase-kioslaves-3.5* blocketh thy goal, as do the packages kdebase-3.5* and kdialog-3.5*.

Me: Verily, I shall do my best to overcome. Pray tell, great and noble Portage: What versions of these packages are installed upon the system, so that I might wrest them from power and cast them into the fiery pits of software deprecation?

Portage: My son, nowhere on the system are they installed.

Me: But... you just said...

Portage: You dare question me??

Me: No... well... pray tell, then, Mighty portage, can you list all the packages installed upon thy system?

Portage: You have shown great diligence in your quest faithful one. I shall grant thee this boon. *emerge -epv world is executed and a list of more than 440 packages are shown*

Me: But.. great and Mighty portage, I have sifted though thy generous bounty, and find not these three packages to be installed...

Portage: It is just so.

Me: But...

Portage: Accept this paradox as the mystery of Gentoo.

Me: But... I have to get this working! I worked so hard on this. Weeks I have slaved!

Portage: Well, then, I guess you are SOL then, aren't you?

Me: Huh? WTF? This sucks... are you telling me that's it?

Portage: Yep.

Me: But...

Portage: *shrugs*

drescherjm · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject:

I get the same exact blockers:

John R. Graham · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject:

Verily art thou an apostle of the Old Testament of KDE, which is called "Monolithic KDE", and have been living in a cave for the last two years. The kdebase-kioslaves is a teaching of the New Testament of KDE, which is called "The KDE Split Ebuilds". Verily, attempting to follow the teachings of kdebase-kioslaves while remaining an an apostle of the Old Testament is a path to damnation. You must convert, my son, following the new gospel, named The KDE Split Ebuilds HOWTO.

But beware! In converting to the New Testament, the Old Testament shall become thy damnation and thou must renounce the teachings of Monolithic KDE.

- John

Coelacanth · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 83

kde-base/kdebase is a monolithic ebuild for kde. If you want to install individual packages of the things included in kdebase you need to use the split ebuild, kde-base/kdebase-meta.

drescherjm · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject:

Much better said than what I posted...
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grooveman · Veteran Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 1217

My thanks to you, noble travelers... for you have shown me the error of my ways. A revelation of most profound proportions.

I am cleansed.

I shall go forth and preach the aspell... I mean gospel... of the boundless truths you have revealed unto me.

May your compile times be short, your libraries forever properly linked, and may your revdep-rebuilds be few and without incident.

Peace, my friends.
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Matteo Azzali · Retired Dev Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 1133

And then a little traveler comed to your ears and said:
"Didn't thou noticed thou already have that kdebase-kioslaves ?"

"Yes , just try my little command to check kde monolithic packages contents:"