On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 18:54:20 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> writes:
> >> All the lxde-base pkgs contained in lxde-meta are installed. > >> > >> Openbox wm is installed. > >> > >> Anyone know what that error message means or how to get around or fix > >> it? > > > > You're missing an essential package. Install lxde-meta to make sure > > you get it. Once working, you can remove unnecessary packages later. > > That sounded like a plan until I actually tried to re-install > lxde-meta. > > I found no way to make emerge do that. I thought by adding such > things as --deep --newuse --changed-use it would cause a reinstall > > But emerge just closes and tells me nothing is outated in lxde-meta > > Example: > # emerge --deep --newuse --changed-use -v lxde-meta > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 KiB > > And that is also with bdeps=y from my make.conf > > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y" > > After browsing thru `man emerge' a couple of times It appears there is > not some kind of `force' flag. > > Is there some combination of switches that will cause emerge to > re-install lxde-meta? Or baring that I thought I'd try emerging > individual pkgs... but there not exactly easy to find ebuilds of.. I > still haven't > > Also ran into a wall trying to use the regular tools like qlist to > determine what is in there. I found the list after search a while on > google but I'm curious why `qlist' doesn't list off > what is in there, like it does in all other cases. Meta packages don't install files, they just have a list of dependencies. Your previous post implied you hadn't installed lxde-meta, just the lxde packages it depends on, which may exclude other requirements. A simple "emerge -a lxde-meta" should ensure that all deps are installed -- Neil Bothwick I can't walk on water, but I can stagger on alcohol.
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