Linux~ized » upgrade http://www.linuxized.com wired's /dev/urandom space Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:56:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 kde 4.3.1 released, in gentoo http://www.linuxized.com/2009/09/kde-4-3-1-released-in-gentoo/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.linuxized.com/2009/09/kde-4-3-1-released-in-gentoo/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:42:56 +0000 wired http://www.linuxized.com/?p=243 UPDATE: 4.3.1 is now unmasked for amd64/x86 and the masking issue has been fixed by jmbsvicetto, so we won’t have this issue again in the future! The post below is updated to reflect on it.

The first bugfix release for KDE 4.3, 4.3.1, is now available.

You can read about the improvements it brings here.

Ebuilds for KDE 4.3.1 are already available in gentoo for architectures amd64 and x86.

To upgrade from 4.3.0 you simply need to

emerge --sync
emerge -avDuN world

This should be a straightforward update for most people.

If you’re upgrading from an older KDE 4 version (or clean-installing KDE 4 on a stable system) you should keyword-unmask KDE 4.3 by following this post’s instructions. You’ll also find some troubleshooting hints there.

The ebuilds are hard.masked for all other architectures due to bug 280312.

As usual, if you have any issues, feel free to leave a comment or visit us @ IRC: freenode/#gentoo-kde :)

]]> http://www.linuxized.com/2009/09/kde-4-3-1-released-in-gentoo/feed/ 4 kde 4.3 is here :) quick gentoo (upgrade) guide http://www.linuxized.com/2009/08/kde-4-3-is-here-quick-gentoo-upgrade-guide/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.linuxized.com/2009/08/kde-4-3-is-here-quick-gentoo-upgrade-guide/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:44:25 +0000 wired http://www.linuxized.com/?p=205 KDE 4.3 has arrived :D

Lots of behind-the-scenes fixes, a new pretty (debatable) default plasma theme and various new stuff across the board make kde 4.3 an exciting release!

Gentoo ebuilds were available the moment tarballs were released, thanks to the hard work of our Gentoo KDE team ;)

However, since 4.3 brings some new packages (and dependencies), we’ve hard masked the ebuilds until everything gets the proper keywords.
You can follow the keywording progress in bug 280312.

Instructions on how to unmask kde 4.3 after the screenshot

kde 4.3

unmasking & installing kde 4.3
kde 4.3 might be masked but it works fine on x86 and amd64 (for other archs check the bug above).
to install it, you can easily unmask it using the unmask file provided in the kde-testing overlay, [kde-testing]/Documentation/package.unmask/kde-4.3

if you don’t have / don’t want the overlay, you can grab the file here.

you can also use a command similar to

# unmasking kde 4.3
wget -O /etc/portage/package.unmask/kde-4.3 'http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/kde.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/package.unmask/kde-4.3'

to automatically save the unmask file to your unmask folder (if you use folders) :)

for those using stable gentoo, there’s a similar keywords file

# adding kde 4.3 in package.keywords/
wget -O /etc/portage/package.keywords/kde-4.3 'http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/kde.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/package.keywords/kde-4.3.keywords'

troubleshooting
if you’re trying to upgrade from kde 4.2, but portage gives you nice little blocks, there are a few things you can check:

  • make sure you’ve synced the tree and kde-testing overlay (if using it) :p
  • make sure the unmask/keyword files are correct and up-to-date
  • check that you don’t have any 4.2 versioned kde-base/* items in /var/lib/portage/world
  • check that you don’t have any 4.2 versioned sets in /var/lib/portage/world_sets
  • emerge -avDuN world — you’ll probably get some messy output but all blocks should be automatically resolved

if you hit any issues feel free to leave a comment, check the gentoo kde 4 guide (should be up-to-date soon) or visit us @ #gentoo-kde (freenode).

enjoy your shiny new kde!

]]> http://www.linuxized.com/2009/08/kde-4-3-is-here-quick-gentoo-upgrade-guide/feed/ 13 upgrading Qt libraries in Gentoo with Portage http://www.linuxized.com/2009/06/upgrading-qt-libraries-in-gentoo-with-portage/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.linuxized.com/2009/06/upgrading-qt-libraries-in-gentoo-with-portage/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:00:59 +0000 wired http://www.linuxized.com/?p=159 So… you’re trying to merge a package but get weird blockers like

[blocks B     ]  >x11-libs/qt-gui-4.4.2-r9999 (“>x11-libs/qt-gui-4.4.2-r9999″ is blocking x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-script-4.4.2,
x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.4.2-r1, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-test-4.4.2, x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.4.2,
x11-libs/qt-core-4.4.2-r2)

[blocks B     ]    <x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.1 (“<x11-libs/qt-gui-4.5.1″ is blocking x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-svg-4.5.1-r1, x11-libs/qt-script-4.5.1,
x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-test-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-sql-4.5.1, x11-libs/qt-core-4.5.1)

this means that new Qt libraries are available and portage is trying to upgrade only *a part* of the ones you have installed.

this is bad because mixed versions of Qt packages (like qt-core-4.5.1 alongside qt-svg-4.4.2) can result in unexpected breakage.

unfortunately, at the moment this error is the only way we can prevent version mixing.

to get past the error, you can:

  • emerge -avDuN world
    • updating world tells portage to upgrade all Qt packages in one run
  • emerge -av1 `eix -I --only-names x11-libs/qt-`
    • if you don’t want to upgrade everything, you can use this command to upgrade all the installed Qt libraries

if you still have problems, don’t hesitate to comment and I’ll do my best to help :)

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