I installed xfce4-meta and was a little surprised to see it did not come with thunar. When I tried to install it, portage became upset.
Question: is it normal that I would have to ~amd64 a bunch of packages and deal with slot conflicts and static-libs to install a file manager? FYI I am running a "stable" (non-~AMD64) system. Thank you, Chris === # emerge -pv xfce-base/thunar These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: dev-libs/libgcrypt:0 (dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5.0-r2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by dev-libs/libgcrypt[static-libs] required by (sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.4.1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5.0-r2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot) sys-libs/zlib:0 (sys-libs/zlib-1.2.5.1-r2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot) (sys-libs/zlib-1.2.7::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.6 required by (sys-apps/kmod-10::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) dev-libs/popt:0 (dev-libs/popt-1.16-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=dev-libs/popt-1.16-r1[static-libs] required by (sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.4.1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (dev-libs/popt-1.16-r1::gentoo, installed) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot) dev-libs/glib:2 (dev-libs/glib-2.32.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=dev-libs/glib-2.32.4:2 required by (dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.32.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (and 3 more with the same problem) (dev-libs/glib-2.30.3::gentoo, installed) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot) It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are impossible to satisfy simultaneously. If such a conflict exists in the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can not be installed simultaneously. You may want to try a larger value of the --backtrack option, such as --backtrack=30, in order to see if that will solve this conflict automatically. For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed: #required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1, required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =sys-auth/polkit-0.107 ~amd64 #required by dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.32.4, required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1, required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =dev-libs/glib-2.32.4 ~amd64 #required by sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-16 =sys-fs/udev-189 ~amd64 #required by sys-fs/udev-189[openrc], required by dev-libs/libatasmart-0.19, required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1, required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-16 ~amd64 #required by sys-fs/udev-189, required by sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-16 =sys-apps/kmod-10 ~amd64 #required by sys-apps/kmod-10[zlib], required by sys-fs/udev-189, required by sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-16 =sys-libs/zlib-1.2.7 ~amd64 #required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3 ~amd64 #required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1 ~amd64 #required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1, required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.32.4 ~amd64 #required by sys-fs/udev-189[hwdb], required by sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-16 =sys-apps/hwids-20120831 ~amd64 #required by sys-auth/polkit-0.107, required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1, required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =dev-lang/spidermonkey-1.8.5-r1 ~amd64 The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: #required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) >=gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3 udisks #required by sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.4.1[static], required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1[crypt], required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) >=dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.5.0-r2 static-libs #required by sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.4.1[static], required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1[crypt], required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) >=dev-libs/popt-1.16-r1 static-libs #required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1, required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =sys-fs/udev-189 static-libs hwdb #required by sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.4.1[static], required by sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1[crypt], required by gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks], required by xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash], required by xfce-base/thunar (argument) =dev-libs/libgpg-error-1.10 static-libs !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-fs/udev-182[static-libs]" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - sys-fs/udev-9999::gentoo (masked by: missing keyword) - sys-fs/udev-189::gentoo (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) - sys-fs/udev-188::gentoo (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) (dependency required by "sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.4.1[static]" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "sys-fs/udisks-1.99.0-r1[crypt]" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "gnome-base/gvfs-1.12.3[udisks]" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "xfce-base/thunar-1.4.0[dbus,xfce_plugins_trash]" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "xfce-base/thunar" [argument]) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. drg ~ #