On Thursday 12 May 2005 12:47, Mark Knecht wrote: > Charles, > When you did the emerge sync did you see any addiitonal messages > about updating your profile or did that happen when you were forst > doing the install? I suspect it happened then and therefore your > profile should be fine. I'm not an expert in profiles so for me that > guess wasa stretch. > > As for proceeding with the emerge world operation I don't think > there's any particular order you need to go in. The order shown is the > was portage would handle it if you let it do it as one big group. I > often opt for doing 5-10 packages instead of kicking off the world > operation. In that case I'd do it in the order shown before: > > emerge -pv --newuse grep net-tools kbd binutils-config binutils > > Since you're new to Gentoo I'd look very carefully at the USE options > being chosen for each package, most especially the nptl/nptlonly > flags. It's best to get that stuff set up right very early on so that > you do not need to rebuild the packages in just a few days when you > decide to change some flags. you haven't said what the purpose of the > machine is so I don't know how to recommend any flags. I will share > that this is what's on my laptop if that's of any interest: > > USE="gnome kde -arts ladspa nptl nptlonly ladcca audiofile gimp > gimpprint ppds usb alsa cdr dvd dvdr dvdread mmx sse sse2 mozcalendar > caps jack jack-tmpfs fluidsynth tcltk sndfile v4l v4l2 mysql flac > xscreensaver samba i8x0 mythtv apache2 lirc mjpeg xvid" > > I also set a few flags package by package in the > /etc/portage/package.use file. Note that I do a lot of audio and > mythtv on my laptop. If you're building a server then your choices > would be very different. > > Anyway, I think it is CRITICALLY important to get ALL of these > packages updated before you move forward with kde, but that's only my > opinion. Make sure > > emerge -pv --newuse > > is COMPLETELY clean before beginning something large like kde. It will > save you a lot of time overall. > > Best of luck! > > - Mark
Dear Mark: I am doing an "emerge <up_to_5_packages_seperated_by_spaces" without the -newuse right now on the list in the order "emerge -pv world" gave to me. I can see there are some -dash_flags on some of the packages, and I dont know if I need to be concerned about them right now. Basically, I am questing for additional knowledge. This particular computer is just a test computer right now. For a few years, I have been using Redhat and I thought it would be interesting to attempt to understand the installation of Linux a little deeper then installing the latest CD distribution. I'm not smart enough yet to know what changes to make in the USE variable. I think I will emerge these packages and see where the path takes me. It really doesnt matter if I do it several times, as I am striving for some additional understanding. Again, I appreciate your help. Charles Krinke -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
