unable to emerge kde.. blocked by ghostscript

bytesniper · n00b Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Abq, NM

i am having a very similar problem except that i have just got done setting up gentoo and xorg and am trying to install kde using:
emerge -av kdebase-startkde (have already unmasked kde-3.5.2)
and am getting this error:
[blocks B ] virtual/ghostscript (is blocking app-text/ghostscript-gnu-8.16-r1)

i tried using USE="-cups" as suggested in another thread but it has not helped. i doubt i would want it to even if it had worked since i am not sure of the ramifications of compliling kde without cups support. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Joseph

silverpig · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:40 am Post subject:

Same problem here with a new amd64 install trying to install mythtv.

edit: did a -cups and it works.
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wilcohol · n00b Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 2

I'm having the same problem when I try to emerge gnome. Doing -cups has no effect for me.

bytesniper · n00b Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Abq, NM

i filed a bug. #128472 if anyone wants to follow up. real bummer i was really looking forward to getting my new box up and running tonite. *sigh*

nixnut · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:33 am Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Desktop Environments.
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eyoung100 · Veteran Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 1428

Just checked your bug. Its been marked as RESOLVED NEED INFO. I think I might have a lead though. The ebuild were having a conflict with is showing up as virtual/ghostscript-0 when using emerge -p
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bytesniper · n00b Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 33 Location: Abq, NM

HoyHoy · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:26 am Post subject: Same Thing

Same problem here. . . i'm a total n00b when it comes to linux, even though i ran gentoo a few years ago successfully. Was really hoping to have it up and running soon but as i try to # emerge kde i get a block by virtual/ghostscript. . . . typically i would just try an # emerge --unmerge ghostscript but then my system tells me that there it doesn't exist. . . like i said i'm a total n00b and at a total loss of what to do, any help would be appreciated.

DerKlops · n00b Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 12

Same problem here also. New install and no way to clean out "old" stuff. What can I do?

Greetings

DerKlops · n00b Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 12

The problem is solved, for me

I synced the portage tree and now there is no blocking anymore...

good luck
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QuantumRabbit · n00b Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 40

I can verify that as of a few hours ago, the ebuild was patched, so doing an "emerge --sync" and then "emerge kde" works.

EDIT: It still fails on ghostscript, just doesn't get blocked. I have now emerged cups first, and had to put in a "-cups" flag to finish out KDE install.

Frapazoid · n00b Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 18

I'm having a problem that I think might be related.

When I run "emerge --sync", it gives me this error:

!!! Cannot resolve a virtual package name to an ebuild.
!!! This is a bug, please report it. (virtual/ghostscript-0)

It didn't do this last night. Could that be because of the patch this morning?

LaMs · Apprentice Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Posts: 151 Location: Quebec

I too have this problem, I can't install kde3.5 because ghostscript-gnu is not compiling properly if the cups use flag is present. I'm trying without it.

Lams

Frapazoid · n00b Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 18

I don't have the CUPS flag present, but it still gives me that error when I try to build KDE. (Just tried.)

It won't even let me sync.

rainer · Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject: ghostscript won't compile

Similar here - I'm emerging various ebuilds that depend on ghostscript and ghostscript compiling exits with the comment

bakki · n00b Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

I am a newbie and having the same problem:
ERROR: app-text/ghostscript-gnu-8.16-r1 failed.
Function src_compile, Line 90, Exit code 2
Make failed.

I just did
emerge --resume --skipfirst
which skips the first package on the resume list. I think it is going ok. ..it is chugging along on my ancient laptop

-bakki

jrbush82 · n00b Joined: 28 Dec 2002 Posts: 17

I have the same problem, and syncing didn't help any. I added -cups to my USE and it seems to be going along without any problem now.

rainer · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:34 am Post subject:

All OK but I'm just emerging CUPS because I want to set up a print (and http) server. So neither "skipfirst" nor "-cups" would do it for me...

HoyHoy · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: Fixed Temporarily

i added -cups to my make.conf and everything is working fine now. . . i haven't hooked up my printer yet, but i guess i'll just tackle that problem when i get around to buying more ink for that sucker.
good luck all.