How to install a masked package in Gentoo 2008?

Question

I searched the network and directory, but I was able to find out what a masked package is, and not how to install it. I found some commands, but they don't seem to work in 2008 (looking at this, it looks like this is for earlier versions). I have something like this:

localhost ~ # emerge flamerobin
Calculating dependencies 
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "dev-db/flamerobin" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- dev-db/flamerobin-0.8.6 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
- dev-db/flamerobin-0.8.3 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

I would like to install version 0.8.6, but I don’t know how? I found some instructions, but they told me that I edit or write files to / etc / portage. However, I do not have / etc / portage on my system:

localhost ~ # ls /etc/portage
ls: cannot access /etc/portage: No such file or directory 

Answer 1

Just mkdir / etc / portage and edit as indicated here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Dealing_with_masked_packages#But_you_want_to_install_the_package_anyway ...

Answer 2

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• /etc/portage/package.keywords ( man portage package.keywords). .
• /etc/portage/package.unmask "package.mask" ( package.mask ). man, package.unmask. , .

Answer 3

"" , "autounmask" . , !

, / , . app-portage/autounmask.

/etc/portage/package.keywords
/etc/portage/package.unmask

may also be directories at present (but autounmask processes individual files as well). In these directories, several can host several "autounmask" files, one file in each directory in the "unmask" package. If you use single files instead of dirs, "autounmask" will place some kind of header / footer, and thus it becomes easy to remove "unmas" if you want.