Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems

[Jude DaShiell]

I used the speakup clipboard to copy out of the handbook that time.On Fri,
2 Oct 2020, Arve Barsnes wrote:

> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 06:37:25
> From: Arve Barsnes 
> Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> To: Gentoo 
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems
>
> On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 12:35, Jude DaShiell  wrote:
> >
> > The instructions read:
> > #emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data
> > That as I wrote earlier failed.  so I try:
> > #emerge --config sys-libs-timezone-data
> > and get no packages found.
>
> The instructions read
> #emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data
> but your earlier e-mail leads me to think that you wrote
> #emerge --config sys/libs/timezone-data
>
> Regards,
> Arve
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems

[Arve Barsnes]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 12:35, Jude DaShiell  wrote:
>
> The instructions read:
> #emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data
> That as I wrote earlier failed.  so I try:
> #emerge --config sys-libs-timezone-data
> and get no packages found.

The instructions read
#emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data
but your earlier e-mail leads me to think that you wrote
#emerge --config sys/libs/timezone-data

Regards,
Arve

Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems

[Jude DaShiell]

The instructions read:
#emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data
That as I wrote earlier failed.  so I try:
#emerge --config sys-libs-timezone-data
and get no packages found.
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Arve Barsnes
wrote:

> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 04:35:12
> From: Arve Barsnes 
> Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> To: Gentoo 
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems
>
> On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 10:26, Jude DaShiell  wrote:
> > !'sys/libs/timezone-data '  is not a valid package atom.
> > ! please check ebuild (5) for full details.
> > ! did you specify a version but forget to prefix with  '='?)
>
> You seem to have used a slash in the package-category there, sys/libs
> vs. sys-libs in the instructions. If you change that it should work
> for you.
>
> Regards,
> Arve
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] re: install problems

[Arve Barsnes]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 10:26, Jude DaShiell  wrote:
> !'sys/libs/timezone-data '  is not a valid package atom.
> ! please check ebuild (5) for full details.
> ! did you specify a version but forget to prefix with  '='?)

You seem to have used a slash in the package-category there, sys/libs
vs. sys-libs in the instructions. If you change that it should work
for you.

Regards,
Arve

[gentoo-user] re: install problems

[Jude DaShiell]

This time, when updating @world I decided to not merge anything.
I got up to:
Next, reconfigure the [365]sys-libs/timezone-data package, which will
update the /etc/localtime file for us, based on the /etc/timezone entry.
The /etc/localtime file is used by the system C
   library to know the timezone the system is in.
   root #emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data

And that command produced:
!'sys/libs/timezone-data '  is not a valid package atom.
! please check ebuild (5) for full details.
! did you specify a version but forget to prefix with  '='?)

Probably an instruction may be missing from the handbook with that =
character in it.  Before this failed command I did:
echo 'America/New_york' >/etc/timezone.

I'm using the printable version of the handbook if that makes a
difference.



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