* Re: [gentoo-user] help with emerge package recompile
@ 2007-02-02 20:37 99% ` Jakob Buchgraber
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From: Jakob Buchgraber @ 2007-02-02 20:37 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Fei Liu wrote:
> Fei Liu wrote:
>> Hello, I was going to install 'webalizer' (apache monitoring
>> software) by 'emerge -kv webalizer', I got the following error:
>>
>> !!! ERROR: app-admin/webalizer-2.01.10-r12 failed.
>> Call stack:
>> ebuild.sh, line 1555: Called dyn_setup
>> ebuild.sh, line 668: Called pkg_setup
>> webalizer-2.01.10-r12.ebuild, line 45: Called die
>>
>> !!! recompile gd with USE="png"
>> !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call
>> stack if relevant.
>>
>> I tried to do 'USE="png" emerge -update gd', and I got a scary list
>> of package ebuilds:
>> [ebuild N ] media-libs/gd-2.0.33 USE="png*"
>> [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.10-r2
>> [ebuild N ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.12
>> [ebuild N ] sys-devel/libtool-1.5.22
>> ....skipped
>>
>> What should I do in this case? How exactly should I update my 'gd'
>> package? Sorry, I am still new to the emerge system.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Fei
> Hello, I am just reporting back, I have this fixed (by trying with -p
> flag):
>
> USE="png jpeg" emerge -vkp gd
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild R ] media-libs/gd-2.0.33 USE="jpeg* png* truetype
> -fontconfig -xpm" 0 kB
>
>
> One thing I am curious is, it seems a lot of source code packages are
> cached on my local machine, what should I do to remove them from my
> hard drive?
>
> Fei
This "cached packages" as you call them are termed distfiles
(distfiles.gentoo.org) and located in /usr/portage/distfiles because if
you want to re-emerge a package you won't need to download it again. If
you run out of diskspace, just mount /usr/portage/distfiles on another
partition or harddisk.
Best Regards Jay
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