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| 9 | <sections> |
9 | <sections> |
| 10 | <section> |
10 | <section> |
| 11 | <title>Obtaining Package Information</title> |
11 | <title>Obtaining Package Information</title> |
| 12 | <subsection> |
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| 239 | <note> |
239 | <note> |
| 240 | Searching the Portage Tree, especially when using <c>- -searchdesc</c>, is very |
240 | Searching the Portage Tree, especially when using <c>- -searchdesc</c>, is very |
| 241 | time consuming. There are other, more performant tools available. We will |
241 | time consuming. There are other, best performing tools available. We will |
| 242 | describe those in the chapter on <uri link="?part=2&chap=7">Gentoolkit and |
242 | describe those in the chapter on <uri link="?part=2&chap=7">Gentoolkit and |
| 243 | Other Tools</uri>. |
243 | Other Tools</uri>. |
| 244 | </note> |
244 | </note> |
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| 550 | <p> |
550 | <p> |
| 551 | For instance, if you want Portage to pretend that none of the dependencies of a |
551 | For instance, if you want Portage to pretend that none of the dependencies of a |
| 552 | package are installed, you can use <c>--emptytree</c> (<c>-e</c> in short). This |
552 | package are installed, you can use <c>--emptytree</c> (<c>-e</c> in short). This |
| 553 | is useful with <c>--pretend</c> to display a complete tree of dependencies for |
553 | is useful with <c>--pretend</c> to display a complete tree of dependencies for |
| 554 | any particular package. Without <c>--pretend</c>, <c>emerge</c> will (re)compile |
554 | any particular package. Without <c>--pretend</c>, <c>emerge</c> will (re)compile |
| 555 | all listed packages. However, <c>glibc</c> will <e>not</e> be listed as |
555 | all listed packages. |
| 556 | dependency for safety reasons. |
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| 557 | </p> |
556 | </p> |
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| 559 | <pre caption="Show all dependencies of gnumeric"> |
558 | <pre caption="Show all dependencies of gnumeric"> |
| 560 | # <i>emerge --emptytree --pretend gnumeric</i> |
559 | # <i>emerge --emptytree --pretend gnumeric</i> |
| 561 | </pre> |
560 | </pre> |
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| 675 | <c>--upgradeonly</c> option (<c>-U</c> in short): |
674 | <c>--upgradeonly</c> option (<c>-U</c> in short): |
| 676 | </p> |
675 | </p> |
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| 678 | <pre caption="Upgrading your entire system"> |
677 | <pre caption="Upgrading your entire system"> |
| 679 | # <i>emerge --update --upgradeonly world</i> |
678 | # <i>emerge --update --upgradeonly world</i> |
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679 | </pre> |
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681 | <p> |
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682 | We have mentioned that the <e>world</e> file doesn't contain dependencies. When |
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683 | you run <c>emerge --update world</c> only the packages mentioned in the |
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684 | <e>world</e> file and it's immediate dependencies are checked and, if necessary, |
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685 | upgraded. If you want <c>emerge</c> to check <e>all</e> the dependencies |
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686 | (including the dependencies of the dependencies), add the <c>--deep</c> flag: |
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687 | </p> |
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689 | <pre caption="Upgrading your entire system, including all dependencies"> |
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690 | # <i>emerge --update --deep world</i> |
| 680 | </pre> |
691 | </pre> |
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692 | |
| 682 | <p> |
693 | <p> |
| 683 | Of course, we are talking here about <e>system</e> and <e>world</e>, but you can |
694 | Of course, we are talking here about <e>system</e> and <e>world</e>, but you can |
| 684 | perform the same actions for individual software packages. |
695 | perform the same actions for individual software packages. |
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| 804 | <li>The package is in <e>~ARCH</e> while you use <e>ARCH</e></li> |
815 | <li>The package is in <e>~ARCH</e> while you use <e>ARCH</e></li> |
| 805 | <li>The package is hard-masked explicitly</li> |
816 | <li>The package is hard-masked explicitly</li> |
| 806 | </ol> |
817 | </ol> |
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| 808 | <p> |
819 | <p> |
| 809 | If the package is masked because of the first reason, and you <e>really</e> want |
820 | If the package is masked because of the first reason, and you <e>really</e> |
| 810 | to install it (knowing that there <e>is</e> a reason why it isn't available in |
821 | want to install it (knowing that there <e>is</e> a reason why it isn't |
| 811 | <e>ARCH</e>), you can temporarily accept <e>~ARCH</e> packages: |
822 | available in <e>ARCH</e>), you can accept the <e>~ARCH</e> version of any |
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823 | package by adding it to your <path>/etc/portage/package.keywords</path> file: |
| 812 | </p> |
824 | </p> |
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| 814 | <pre caption="Temporarily accepting ~ARCH packages"> |
826 | <pre caption="Accepting the ~ARCH version of a package"> |
| 815 | # <i>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge gnumeric</i> |
827 | # <i>echo "app-office/gnumeric ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords</i> |
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828 | # <i>emerge gnumeric</i> |
| 816 | </pre> |
829 | </pre> |
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830 | |
| 818 | <p> |
831 | <p> |
| 819 | A package is hardmasked if it is listed in |
832 | A package is hardmasked if it is listed in |
| 820 | <path>/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask</path>. If you read this file, you |
833 | <path>/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask</path>. If you read this file, you |
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