On 19/4/2011, at 8:23am, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > ... > I'm trying "# emerge --update --deep xfce4-meta".
If you're installing this for the first time then there's no need for the "--update". I don't know that "--deep" is good practice, either. What are you trying to achieve? > It fails at glib-perl-1.223, since it can't find ExtUtils::Depends and > ExtUtils::PkgConfig. Here is the relevant section from the build log: > > ... >> Checking if your kit is complete... >> Looks good >> MakeMaker FATAL: prerequisites not found. >> ExtUtils::Depends not installed >> ExtUtils::PkgConfig not installed Google search for this error message: http://tinyurl.com/6b5hbp7 3rd hit: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344557 Stroller.