app-benchmark/jmeter-2.0.1-r1 needs jtidy as a dependency, and will not build without it. After installing jtidy, jmeter installation went without problems
It installed just fine without jtidy here because it is using the bundled copy. That is tracked in bug #63309. Please attach the build.log and emerge --info as the die message should tell you to and reopen. >>> app-benchmarks/jmeter-2.0.1-r1 merged. >>> No packages selected for removal by clean >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. aria betelgeuse # emerge -pv jtidy These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-java/jtidy-0_pre20010801 USE="-doc -jikes" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 kB