Gentoo ~ # emerge -1ua texlive These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-latex-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-plaingeneric-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-fontutils-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-fontsextra-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-bibtexextra-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-langcjk-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2019-r2 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-mathscience-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2019-r2 [2017] [blocks b ] =dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2017* ("=dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2017*" is blocking dev-texlive/texlive-mathscience-2019, dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2019-r2) [ebuild U ] dev-texlive/texlive-formatsextra-2019 [2017] [ebuild U ] app-text/texlive-2019-r1 [2017] [blocks B ] dev-tex/xcolor ("dev-tex/xcolor" is blocking dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2019-r2) [blocks B ] =dev-texlive/texlive-pstricks-2017* ("=dev-texlive/texlive-pstricks-2017*" is blocking dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2019-r2) * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be * installed at the same time on the same system. (dev-tex/xcolor-2.12-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by dev-tex/xcolor required by (dev-tex/latex-beamer-3.36:0/0::gentoo, installed) dev-tex/xcolor required by (dev-tex/pgf-3.1.4-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) (dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2019-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended required by (dev-texlive/texlive-luatex-2019:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2019 required by (app-text/texlive-2019-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended required by (dev-tex/glossaries-4.41:0/0::gentoo, installed) dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended required by (virtual/latex-base-1.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended required by (dev-tex/dot2texi-3.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended required by (dev-tex/pgf-3.1.4-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended-2019 required by (dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2019-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (dev-texlive/texlive-pstricks-2017:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by dev-texlive/texlive-pstricks required by (dev-texlive/texlive-mathscience-2019:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) (dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2019-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by >=dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2012 required by (dev-tex/glossaries-4.41:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2010 required by (dev-texlive/texlive-xetex-2017:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2008 required by (dev-tex/europecv-20060424-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) >=dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra-2019 required by (app-text/texlive-2019-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra required by (dev-tex/dot2texi-3.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra required by (dev-tex/biblatex-3.7-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages