On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to get KDE 4 where I can use it so I used the layman to get the
> latest. Anyway, I seem to have ran into a Block, may not be related to KDE4
> tho, that I just can't make sense of. This is the error I get:
>
> [blocks b ] kde-base/kde-meta:4.3[-kdeprefix]
> ("kde-base/kde-meta:4.3[-kdeprefix]" is blocking kde-base/kde-meta-9999)
> [blocks B ] app-arch/lzma-utils ("app-arch/lzma-utils" is blocking
> app-arch/xz-utils-9999)
> [blocks B ] app-arch/xz-utils ("app-arch/xz-utils" is blocking
> app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7)
>
> Total: 278 packages (17 upgrades, 19 new, 242 in new slots, 248 uninstalls),
> Size of downloads: 240,422 kB
> Conflict: 511 blocks (2 unsatisfied)
> Portage tree and overlays:
> [0] /usr/portage
> [1] /usr/local/portage/layman/kde
>
> * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
> * installed at the same time on the same system.
>
> ('ebuild', '/', 'app-arch/xz-utils-9999', 'merge') pulled in by
> app-arch/xz-utils required by ('installed', '/',
> 'app-arch/rpm2targz-9.0.0.3g', 'nomerge')
> app-arch/xz-utils required by ('installed', '/', 'sys-libs/gpm-1.20.5',
> 'nomerge')
> app-arch/xz-utils required by ('installed', '/', 'dev-libs/mpfr-2.4.1_p1',
> 'nomerge')
> (and 10 more)
>
> ('ebuild', '/', 'app-arch/lzma-utils-4.32.7', 'merge') pulled in by
> app-arch/lzma-utils required by ('installed', '/',
> 'app-portage/eix-0.17.0', 'nomerge')
> app-arch/lzma-utils required by ('installed', '/',
> 'app-arch/libarchive-2.7.0-r1', 'nomerge')
>
>
> I didn't post the whole thing but the part about the Blocks with a capital
> B. I have unmerged both lzma-utils and xz-utils but I still get this error.
> How can they block it when they are not installed yet? I'm missing
> something here. I just don't see it.
> I found a thread on the forums and did what it said but I still get this.
> It said to unmerge xz-utils which I did. Then I unmerged lzma-utils for
> good measure.
>
> Someone tell me the trick to this? Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
xz-utils replaces lzma-utils, so you can't have them both installed at
once. Maybe try unmerging and re-emerging the packages that say they
depend on lzma-utils, they've probably been updated to use xz-utils
instead by now.
