On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:00 PM, <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: > > I am installing gentoo on a new laptop. I am a gnome, hence systemd, > user. I also use lvm (I have / and /usr combined on a non-lvm partition). > > At the point where you choose a profile > (// wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#Choosing_the_right_profile ) > I selected > [5] default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome/systemd * > > But now I get merge conflicts since I have sys-fs/udev installed. > I can't depclean udev. > > Should I have just used the default/linux/amd64/13.0 profile > and switched later after the installation is complete. > > Fortunately, I don't need to used the new machine immediately so I don't > mind starting the installation over from the beginning > > In a similar vein, my systems have PORTDIR=/var/portage. Am I correct > in now believing that it is better to do the install with the default > PORTDIR=/usr/portage and then switching after the dust settles
What I usually do is: 1. Extract the stage 3 tarball 2. Sync the portage tree 3. Switch to the systemd profile 4. emerge -uDNvp world (this usually solves the systemd/udev conflicts) 5. emerge --depclean 6. Switch to the GNOME/systemd profile 7. Emerge gnome-base/gnome In my experience, if you switch directly to the GNOME/systemd profile, you get many conflicts. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
