gentoo, emerge problem

exodist · 07-22-2004, 07:05 PM

I tried to emerge gnotepad+

it said it was masked use emerge gnotepad+-1.3.3 (masked by ~keyword)

so I try the -1.3.3 it told me ~specific key requires an operator (package path and name) (try adding an '=')"

what does that mean?

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 07:18 PM

RTFM

It's right in the hand book.

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 07:21 PM

Ok maybe I was being to mean. . .

It's masked because it is not fully tested yet.

To install masked packages you need to add this to the command:

# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -p foo

That will do it for you. . .

PS, if you have no clue what the -p switch does. . . RTFM.

exodist · 07-22-2004, 07:22 PM

unfortunetaly the mnaual does not have a way to search for a specific thing like this, and after reading through it the past 2 days installing this thing I do not recall seeing it, I am on the emerge handbook page now and a search of text reveals nothing about this, and I have already read the page without any memory of such a thing.

exodist · 07-22-2004, 07:24 PM

nevermind I found it, on a different page

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by slackMeUp
Ok maybe I was being to mean. . .

It's masked because it is not fully tested yet.

To install masked packages you need to add this to the command:

# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -p foo

That will do it for you. . .

PS, if you have no clue what the -p switch does. . . RTFM.

So did this help?

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by exodist
nevermind I found it, on a different page

Told ya!

exodist · 07-22-2004, 07:32 PM

ok, I read the mnual, I check the /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask file the gnotepad+ is not listed in it according to my own looking and accoridng to a search, also there is no ARCH listen in my error so I am sure it is not that..

on another note I had to create the /etc/portage directory to make the package.unmask file

I added =apps-editor/gnotepad+ following the format as I understood it, I still get the same message, any ideas?

exodist · 07-22-2004, 07:35 PM

ok, -p is pretend.. but it takes no variable afterwords....

exodist · 07-22-2004, 07:38 PM

ok I did this:
# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="-86" emerge -p gnotepad+-1.3.3 it still tells me to try and add '='

exodist · 07-22-2004, 07:40 PM

what exactly does it want me to add '=' too?

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 07:40 PM

What does

emerge search gnotepad+

Come up with? (the exact output)

exodist · 07-22-2004, 07:44 PM

I can't give you exact output, it is on another system cause mozilla failed to compile and I have not gotten to fixing that yet, but here is my best copy-over

applications found 1

app-editors/gnotepad+ [ Masked ]
latest version available: 1.3.3
latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 451 kb
homepage: http://gnotepad.sourceforge.net/
Description: Gnotepad+ is a simple HTML and text Editor using the GTK+ Text Widget.
Liscence: GPL-2

exodist · 07-22-2004, 08:28 PM

I decided not to worry about it for now, if anyone has a siolution I would like to learn how to fix this kind of thing, but for now I simply downloaded the source fromt he homepage and compiled it myself.

slackMeUp · 07-22-2004, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by exodist
ok I did this:
# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="-86" emerge -p gnotepad+-1.3.3 it still tells me to try and add '='

Hold on . . . you did this EXACT line?

Common, don't piss away my time. . .

Code:

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -p gnotepad+

COPY and Paste this right into your command line, because you seem to have trouble typing it in yourself.

EDIT: That was just way to funny. . . it made my day.