Re: [gentoo-user] Installing KDE and Xfree problem

[Stephen Liu]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your advice.

- snip -

I have

kde-3.1.2.tbz2
kde-env-3-r2.tbz2
kdeaddons-3.1.2.tbz2
......
etc.
on CD2 (I have 2 Gentoo-1.4 CD version)

I have no idea how to install them simultaneously.  Nor whether they
have to be installed separately.
Kindly advise.
   

<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml>

section 25.1 applies for those with GRP... but those packages apply to a 
particular snapshot taken back in September and the portage tree has very 
likely changed by now if that's what you are using.

Followed by:

<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml>

which tells you how to get X up and running and also how to get KDM and KDE 
going.
 

"Gentoo Linux 1.4 Installation Instructions" is a very nice document.  I 
followed it to install Gentoo.

At time of installation from CD1, I completed Code listing 25.2 but 
failed to complete 25.1 and 25.3
# emerge - xfree
and
# emerge -k kde
running without end.  Finally I force-rebooted the PC.

Besides my PC for this test is a slow machine, P-II350/256MB therefore I 
expect to know whether it is possible to make use of those pre-compile 
packages on CD2.  I suppose all of them have been copied to my OS after 
completing Code listing 25.2

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
# cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages/* /usr/portage/packages/
Can I apply following command to install all kde packages simultaneously;

# emerge  /usr/portage/packages/kde-3.1.2.tbz2 | 
/usr/portage/packages/kde-env-3-r2.tbz2 | 
/usr/portage/packages/kdeaddons-3.1.2.tbz2 | etc.

You will encounter a little bugette which can be solved by reading the 
following:

<http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29223>

now short of actually coming round and doing it for you, these should do the 
trick.
 

Noted with thanks

Please make sure that you actually read all of the instructions

Personally I would recommend that you install the whole shebang from scratch 
if you really want to use the GRP packages, 

Please provide me more information how to install "the whole shebang 
from scratch"

then you can do an "emerge synch" 
to update your tree. For this you _WILL_ require CD1.
 

Whether you meant starting the PC with CD1, mounting root device, 
connecting broadband, chroot, etc and then running

# emerge synch

Thanks

B.R.
Stephen


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