How to emerge packages for different slots?

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kurtg · Post by **kurtg** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:42 pm

Are there docs for this? I looked, but I couldn't figure it out.

I want to install both:

dev-java/sun-sdk-1.4.*
dev-java/sun-sdk-1.5.*

How do I search for and install packages that have different slots?

--Kurt

tarpman · Post by **tarpman** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:46 pm

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emerge dev-java/sun-jdk:1.4
emerge dev-java/sun-jdk:1.5

Even better, use virtual/jdk instead. I'm fairly sure dev-java/sun-jdk is the default provider.

kurtg · Post by **kurtg** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:48 pm

Thanks! But, how would I figure that out? Is there a way to discover the slots available?

Sadako · Post by **Sadako** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:50 pm

Add an equals (=) to the emerge command, eg

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emerge -p =dev-java/sun-sdk-1.4.*

For the record, it's dev-java/sun-jdk, but I'm presuming that was a typo.

Edit: tarpman - I never knew you could use ':' to specify versions.
Where'd you pick up that little nugget?

kurtg · Post by **kurtg** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:02 pm

Hopeless wrote:Add an equals (=) to the emerge command

Sorry, it errored out:

# emerge -p =dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.*

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies |

!!! '=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.*' is not a valid package atom.
!!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details.
!!! (Did you specify a version but forget to prefix with '='?)

I've been doing Gentoo for 2 years, but still have and "introductory" level understanding of portage. Where/How do I push it to the next level.

--Kurt

PS - yes, typo.

Sadako · Post by **Sadako** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:08 pm

Oops, my bad, it should have been "=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4*".

I make that mistake a lot.

I've never actually seen a really good guide to "advanced" portage usage, everything I know I've learned by doing (and picking up little things like the ':' operator from the forums).

kurtg · Post by **kurtg** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:06 pm

Hopeless wrote:"=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4*"

I make that mistake too, but I've never been able to debug it. What is an atom? What are the grammatical rules? I usually

I guess I'll need to pick up tidbits myself. Thanks for the help.

bblount · Post by **bblount** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:27 pm

You would think it would be here in an advanced section or something: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=2&chap=1

Doc feature request!

Arfrever · Post by **Arfrever** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:23 pm

Hopeless wrote:I never knew you could use ':' to specify versions.

It is used to specify slots, not versions.

Hopeless wrote:I've never actually seen a really good guide to "advanced" portage usage

Some information is documented in NEWS and RELEASE-NOTES.

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