Hello, I am trying to install wine on gentoo but I encounter strange things.
I do : emerge -va wine ========= ...... >=virtual/libudev-215-r1 abi_x86_32 Would you like to add these changes to your config files? [Yes/No] Y Autounmask changes successfully written. * IMPORTANT: 8 config files in '/etc/portage' need updating. * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge * man page to learn how to update config files. !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1:=[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?]" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1::gentoo (masked by: ) (dependency required by "media-libs/lcms-2.6-r1::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "app-emulation/wine-9999::gentoo[abi_x86_32,lcms]" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "wine" [argument]) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. gentoo ~ # ========== So I than installed zlib with: echo "sys-libs/zlib **" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords & emerge -va zlib =========== These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1::gentoo USE="minizip -static-libs" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 0 KiB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 KiB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Y >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1::gentoo * zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... ... --- replaced sym /lib64/libz.so.1 --- replaced dir /lib64 >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> Original instance of package unmerged safely. >>> sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1 merged. >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. * IMPORTANT: 8 config files in '/etc' need updating. * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge * man page to learn how to update config files. * IMPORTANT: 12 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news read to view new items. ======== It seems to install OK, without errors, but on doing again emerge -va wine I get the same failures and still complians about zlib. I am doing it all as root. Does anyone have any idea ? Regards, Ran