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 sudo emerge -av xfce4 --noconfmem

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.0  USE="alsa cups oss -minimal" 0 kB 

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] 

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.0 to /
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                     [ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                    [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                                                   [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.0 ...

>>> Source compiled.
>>> Test phase [not enabled]: xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.0

>>> Install xfce4-4.4.0 into /var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.0/image/ category xfce-base
>>> Completed installing xfce4-4.4.0 into /var/tmp/portage/xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.0/image/

>>> Merging xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.0 to /
--- /etc/
--- /etc/X11/
--- /etc/X11/Sessions/
>>> /etc/X11/Sessions/Xfce4
>>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance...
--- !mtime obj /etc/X11/Sessions/Xfce4
--- !empty dir /etc/X11/Sessions
--- !empty dir /etc/X11
--- !empty dir /etc
 * Updating desktop mime database ...
 * Updating shared mime info database ...
***
* Updating MIME database in //usr/share/mime...
Wrote 502 strings at 20 - 29c4
Wrote aliases at 29c4 - 2bb8
Wrote parents at 2bb8 - 35b4
Wrote literal globs at 35b4 - 3610
Wrote suffix globs at 3610 - 6aa8
Wrote full globs at 6aa8 - 6acc
Wrote magic at 6acc - c44c
Wrote namespace list at c44c - c45c
***
>>> Original instance of package unmerged safely.
 * Updating desktop mime database ...
 * Updating shared mime info database ...
***
* Updating MIME database in //usr/share/mime...
Wrote 502 strings at 20 - 29c4
Wrote aliases at 29c4 - 2bb8
Wrote parents at 2bb8 - 35b4
Wrote literal globs at 35b4 - 3610
Wrote suffix globs at 3610 - 6aa8
Wrote full globs at 6aa8 - 6acc
Wrote magic at 6acc - c44c
Wrote namespace list at c44c - c45c
***
>>> xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.0 merged.

>>> No packages selected for removal by clean
>>> Auto-cleaning packages...

>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.


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