[solved] mutagen is not downloading. How to install it?

znavko · n00b Joined: 09 Oct 2017 Posts: 14

I use Funtoo. I need your support, cause I do not know how manually install package mutagen and complete my emerge task.

fedeliallalinea · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:43 pm Post subject:

Seems that mutagen has changed upstream uri from bitbucket to github (from https://bitbucket.org/lazka/${PN}/downloads/${P}.tar.gz to https://github.com/quodlibet/mutagen/releases/download/release-${PV}/${P}.tar.gz).
If you can download your specific version here, or download a version in official portage tree (1.35.1, 1.37, 1.38) that source are mirrored
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znavko · n00b Joined: 09 Oct 2017 Posts: 14

With your advice I deleted manually installed mutagen

fedeliallalinea · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:13 pm Post subject:

The idea was that you download correct version and put archive in /usr/portage/distfiles, after that you can use emerge -1 mutagen command.

PS: you disabled BBCode on your message?
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znavko · n00b Joined: 09 Oct 2017 Posts: 14

Here described a method you mentioned: http://www.funtoo.org/Portage_Distfiles_Mirror
But for Funtoo I can put package archive into dir /var/cache/portage/distfiles without any other things.

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Moved from Portage & Programming to Unsupported Software as this is Funtoo related.
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Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21633

Generally, you should not disable collision protection. In this case, you needed to do it (probably) because you did not remove all mutagen files installed outside control of Portage, so the Portage-managed install collided with those remnants. If you avoid installing software system-wide outside Portage, you will not need to disable collision protection.

znavko · n00b Joined: 09 Oct 2017 Posts: 14

I installed it system-wide to complete emerge command. But I have no sense how simply delete package installed system-wide outside Portage.

Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21633

I think you misunderstand how to use the package manager. When you installed without using emerge, you were not completing a command. You were creating a mess that now must be fixed to avoid later problems. To remove a package installed outside Portage, you must remove every file that package installed. If you are very lucky, you have a record of which files those are and can remove them, either by hand or by running a package-specific uninstall tool. The lack of a standard way to find and remove files installed outside the package manager is one of the major reasons that we encourage people not to go outside the package manager. When Portage installs the files, it can easily uninstall them. When you install outside Portage, it is your responsibility to uninstall the files later.