Summary of common masked solutions under Gentoo

Masked by:missing keyword masked by:package.mask masked by:xxx license (s) Masked by:missing keyword

Take app-i18n/ibus-table-wubi-9999 as an example.

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "App-i18n/ibus-table-wubi" has been masked.
!!!  One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
-app-i18n/ibus-table-wubi-9999 (Masked by: Missing keyword)

For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES sections in the Emerge
mans page or refer to the Gen Too handbook.

The instructions in the manual are as follows:
"Missing keyword" means that the software has not been tested in the architecture of your machine.
You can ask the appropriate architecture transplant team if it can be tested,
Or you test them yourself and submit your findings to our Bugzilla website.

Solve the idea, modify the/etc/portage/package.keywords, force marked as stable.

Solution, the shape of the

$OPERATOR $app_name-$VERSION $ARCH _keyword

The field is added to the/etc/portage/package.keywords.

The corresponding example is:

=app-i18n/ibus-table-wubi-9999 * *

If you don't know how to write keywords, you can first look at the keyword of the masked package:

Less ' equery w app-i18n/ibus-table-wubi '

If you see a

Keywords= ""

Use "* *" as Arch_keyword, "* *" to indicate that the package has no KEYWORD.

Other "~x86", such as copy can. Masked By:package.mask

Take sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.33 as an example.

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.33" has been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
-sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.33 (masked By:package.mask) 

For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES sections in the Emerge
mans page or refer to the Gen Too handbook.

Solve the idea, modify the/etc/portage/package.unmask, force marked as stable.

Workaround,
Add in/etc/portage/package.unmask

=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.33

Masked by:xxx license (s)

Take dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17 as an example.

!!! The following installed packages is masked:
-dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.17 (Masked by:dlj-1.1 license (s))
A Co Py of the ' dlj-1.1 ' license is located at '/usr/portage/licenses/dlj-1.1 '.

For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES sections in the Emerge
mans page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

Resolve ideas, modify/etc/make.conf, and reduce license sensitivity levels.

Workaround,
Append a line to the/etc/make.conf.

Accept_license= "*"

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