Timothy Bolz wrote: > Ok, I've heard everyone talk about Gentoo so I thought I try installing it. > Well I got the base system loaded. I have the 2nd CD which contains all the > tar files. If you don't want emerge to point to the net but point to a cd or > hard drive how do you get it to do this. When I emerge -k xfree or whatever > package it tries the ftp sites. Maybe when I get Gentoo working properly, I > might like it. I've read thru the emerge manual and have tried some of the > things it suggested but it still doesn't install the programs. I guess I'm > familiar with Debian when I say get the sources from the CD it gets them CD.
Copy the tar files into /usr/portage/distfiles. Portage always looks there first. However, if you've done "emerge sync" Portage may still download newer versions off the 'Net. Nothing you can do to prevent that. > I'm a complete Newbie to Gentoo. Welcome. I promise it'll be an education. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
