On your system "emerge gnome" wants to install gnome-2 So either your tree is outdated (you must re-sync) or gnome-3 is still masked. The second option is more likely and there are two possibilities for that:
You run a stable system (gnome-3 is still unstable), or you masked it for some reason. Run this and examine what output you get: emerge -pv =gnome-3.2.1 On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:56:56 +0100 Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Alan! > I thought more or less that I have to unmask packages, or making any > configurations to unlock the update to gnome3. > > If I run now: > > tamer@office ~ $ emerge -pav gnome > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1-r1 USE="cdr cups dvdr ldap > policykit -accessibility -mono" 0 kB > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB > tamer@office ~ $ > > > I get one package to reinstall. > > > If I run "layman -a gnome" and re-execute the command: > > > I got this message: > > * If you enabled the GNOME overlay to get GNOME 3.2, please disable > * it now, since GNOME 3.2 is already in portage and unmasked. > > > > How do I install gnome 3.2, that is now in portage?! > > > > Tamer > > > > > Am 11.03.2012 17:43, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:01:41 +0100 > > Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi people! > >> I want to upgrade gnome 2.32 to gnome 3. > >> > >> First question, is it now officially supported by the gentoo team > >> or should I keep my fingers away of it?! > >> > >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/gnome/howtos/gnome-3.2-upgrade.xml > >> > >> doesn't tell me a lot how to accomplish this task. Is there any > >> official documentation telling me how to doit, unmasking, flags > >> etc.... > >> > >> > >> for any advise I would thank you. > > > > What sort of information are you looking for? > > > > gnome-3 is marked unstable, so if you run ~x86 or ~amd64 just > > > > emerge -av gnome > > > > and deal with any breakage. This is generally how gentoo works for > > everything. What were you expecting in terms of documentation ? > > > > > > -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
