From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [69.77.167.62] (helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ko9PY-000184-5C for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:15:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5DC81E07D7; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:15:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bossdog.realss.com (bossdog.realss.com [211.157.114.130]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E94AAE07D7 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:15:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by bossdog.realss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFAFB4C9731 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:15:42 +0800 (CST) Received: from bossdog.realss.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bossdog.realss.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10205-13 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:15:42 +0800 (CST) Received: from [172.31.13.29] (unknown [222.128.254.130]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by bossdog.realss.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15BA24C96F9 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:15:42 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: <48EED692.2050208@realss.com> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:14:10 +0800 From: Zhang Weiwu Organization: Real Softservice User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080621) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] strange block issue X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bossdog.realss.com X-Archives-Salt: d33237c8-4b0e-4412-ae90-bb8490c16d98 X-Archives-Hash: a57d38bc4f6a98eb1e52447d9db48ed4 I was told virtual/jre-1.6, a package that I do /not/ have installed, is blocking another package. How do I manage to install dev-java/jdictrayapi? Thanks for hints in advance! zhangweiwu@esmeralda:~$ sudo emerge -av dev-java/jdictrayapi These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies waiting for lock on /var/db/.pkg.portage_lockfile ... done! [ebuild NS ] dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r8 USE="berkdb gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads -bootstrap -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -ucs2 -wininst" 9,606 kB [ebuild N ] virtual/jre-1.6.0 0 kB [ebuild U ] dev-java/javatoolkit-0.3.0-r2 [0.2.0-r1] 17 kB [ebuild N ] dev-java/jdictrayapi-0.9.1-r3 USE="-doc -examples -source" 925 kB [blocks B ] =virtual/jre-1.6* (is blocking dev-java/jdictrayapi-0.9.1-r3) Total: 4 packages (1 upgrade, 2 new, 1 in new slot, 1 block), Size of downloads: 10,547 kB !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be installed !!! at the same time on the same system. For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked zhangweiwu@esmeralda:~$ sudo emerge --unmerge virtual/jre --- Couldn't find 'virtual/jre' to unmerge. >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge