On 25/09/2007, Noel Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > I'm presently following the installing preq. on gentoo for evergreen guide. > I've encountered blocked packages. when emerging some of the software. > > Gentoo documentation suggests how to handle blocked packeages, such as > uninstalling one of the packages. I don't want to uninstall anything as yet > because I don't know what effect some of those packages have on the entire > system function. > > How severe would the effect be if I left the conflict with the two packages > involved and continued my installation? > Do I need to carry out the installations step by step as given or can I > randomly install components in the event I have a problem with one > programme? I don't want to be stalled waiting to fix one installation when I > can be installing other programmes. > > Any insights would be appreciated. > Thanks > > Noel Goodman-University of Guyana
Hi Noel: Can you copy and paste the error messages you're receiving when installing the prerequisites? I can't give you an answer to a general question, but specific information would help. I'm a little surprised that you're running into blocked packages, to be honest: I just installed a brand new Evergreen system on Gentoo (x86 32-bit) a couple of days ago and updated the wiki wherever I ran into problems. Is this a brand new Gentoo system, or has it been running for a while and you're just updating it now after a month or two? -- Dan Scott Laurentian University
