Portage and packages.mask
Fri, 2006-04-28 09:40
I am trying to install the tango theme through portage but it just isnt happening. I am having problems with maskings. It asks for one to be unmasked, so I do, then it asks for another.
eg
I do
echo "=x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-0.7.1 ~*" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
And I get this error
DhunEideann andy # emerge x11-themes/tango-icon-theme Calculating dependencies - !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=x11-misc/icon-naming-utils-0.7.0" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - x11-misc/icon-naming-utils-0.7.0 (masked by: missing keyword) - x11-misc/icon-naming-utils-0.7.1 (masked by: ~ppc keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. !!! (dependency required by "x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-0.7.1" [ebuild])
So I do this:
echo "=x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-0.7.1 ~ppc" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
and get this.....
DhunEideann andy # emerge x11-themes/tango-icon-theme Calculating dependencies !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "x11-themes/tango-icon-theme" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-0.7.0 (masked by: missing keyword) - x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-0.7.1 (masked by: missing keyword) For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
And it continues in a mega loop....
Help anyone?
hmm, the only idea I can come up with is to do:
echo "=x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-0.7.1" >> /etc/portage/package.unmaskYou may also want to try:echo "x11-themes/tango-icon-theme ~ppc" >> /etc/portage/package.keywordsand see if that helps.dylunio
But if you look a little more carefully, you'll notice the first "error" was telling you x11-misc/icon-naming-utils was masked by the ~ppc keyword, which means icon-naming-utils is a dependancy for tango-icon-theme, simply add both tango-icon-theme and icon-naming-utils (and any other packages that might complain) to /etc/portage/package.keywords and emerge away