[gentoo-user] Re: lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set

[Harry Putnam]

Neil Bothwick  writes:

>> 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

OK thanks.  But then that leaves the issue that brought this up
without a resolution:

>From OP
>> LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences
>> Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog
>> box... just an error messages that says:

>> Desktop manager is not active

Any other ideas what might be going on there?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set

[Neil Bothwick]

On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 18:54:20 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:

> Neil Bothwick  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

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[gentoo-user] Re: lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set

[Harry Putnam]

Neil Bothwick  writes:

> On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:27:47 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences
>> Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog
>> box... just an error messages that says:
>> 
>> Desktop manager is not active
>> 
>> 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.