On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 19:57 -0500, Tim wrote: > paul wrote: > > I am sure that this is all explained somewhere but I cannot find it > > easily. > > > > When running "emerge -av gnome-light" I get : > > [blocks B ] <gnome-base/control-center-2.22 (is blocking > > gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-2.22.1) > > [blocks B ] dev-util/gtk-doc-am (is blocking > > dev-util/gtk-doc-1.8-r2) > > > > > > I am not asking anyone to wade through my make.conf and various portage > > files but if someone who knows the system obviously better than I do > > could please point me in the direction of how to fix this issue I would > > be grateful. > > > > My requirements are "install gnome-light 2.22.0 or later". > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Paul > Paul, > > What this means is that you have some software installed on your system > already that prevents you from getting gnome-light. In this case, it > looks like you have the two packages gtk-doc-am and control-center, > which are preventing gnome-settings daemon and gtk-doc, respectively, > from being installed. > > The usual way of fixing this problem is to do an emerge -avC on the > packages that are blocking to remove them and allow your gnome-light > installation to proceed. However, remember that some other packages > currently installed on your system may depend on these packages, so you > may not want to go into this blindly. I'm not an expert on the setup of > gnome dependencies, so I can't recommend this course of action > unreservedly; it's just a thought. > > In the future, you'll get better (and likely more courteous) responses > if you start your own thread, rather than taking over someone else's. > You would also do well to look through the Gentoo Handbook - there's a > wonderful section at > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1 > > that talks at length about blocked packages and what to do to resolve > your issues. > > -Tim
Thanks Tim I have now fixed the problem. My confusion was caused by the fact that when I tried "emerge --unmerge gtk-doc-am" I was told that gtk-doc-am was not installed. It turns out that gtk-doc was installed and so running the command "emerge -avC gtk-doc" as you suggested did the job. I have raised bug 221195 to help clarify the situation. -- Transplants Save Lives - http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ _______ __ ( _ ) \ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | __ __ _ _ \ \ 07972184336 | | | | / \/ /| | | | > \ 01235 523470 | | | |( () < | |_| |/ ^ \ |_| |_| \__/\_\ \___//_/ \_\ -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
