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rudregues
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:19 pm    Post subject: [SOLVED]Not installed package is blocking one installed? Reply with quote

I was following this guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml to install X and it ask to install linux-firmware and radeon-ucode. So I've installed linux-firmware with no problems. But when it comes to the other package
emerge radeon-ucode
Code:
* IMPORTANT: 5 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
 * Use eselect news to read news items.

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N     ] x11-drivers/radeon-ucode-20120320
[blocks B      ] x11-drivers/radeon-ucode ("x11-drivers/radeon-ucode" is blocking sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20120924)

 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (x11-drivers/radeon-ucode-20120320::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    radeon-ucode

  (sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20120924::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    sys-kernel/linux-firmware required by @selected


For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked


Then I try to unmerge with emerge radeon-ucode --unmerge and receive another output:
Code:
 * This action can remove important packages! In order to be safer, use
 * `emerge -pv --depclean <atom>` to check for reverse dependencies before
 * removing packages.

--- Couldn't find 'radeon-ucode' to unmerge.

>>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge


It's really weird, how could a not installed program block a installed one? And why I cannot install radeon-ucode? If linux-firmware was blocking radeon-ucode it would make sense that I should not install it.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi rudregues,

You are mis-reading the output. radeon-ucode is being blocked by linux-firmware. You do not need both. From the guide you are using:

Quote:
For newer AMD/ATI cards (RadeonHD 2000 and up), you will need to emerge radeon-ucode or linux-firmware.
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