Sorry, That was from the root promt. So the command from root is USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree
Thanks, JBanks --- Sami N��t�nen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:12, Joshua Banks wrote: > > > > #USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree (This was off CD1) > > > > > > > > After the reboot and login I did a > > > > > > > > #US="bindist" emerge -k kde (This was off CD2) > > > > > > > > CD2 has a ton of apps. > > > > Gentoo is very new to me. > > > > Coming from Mandrake9.0. Where everything is basically done for you. > > I think that everything is automounted as well?. Am I going to have > > to mount everything to get stuff working the way that I would > > like...I..E...KDE desktop...If so is there some directions on how > > this done? > > > > All that I have available currently is the command line. And I'm not > > sure how to start programs from the commandline. E..G...I thought > > that I loaded XFree which I thought was the base package needed as a > > base before loading any other desktops or gui things like KDE and > > such? Please help me understand this..:) > > > > Or can I just start KDE without the use of XFee? What are the > > commands to do this? > > > > I su to root and try to startx from the root / directory: > > #startx > > command not found > > > > When I look at the installed packages (emerge -cp world | more) I > > don't see xfee on the list which is strange because I know that it > > loaded it when I was doing the intial install on CD1 from issuing: > > #USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree (This was off CD1) > > you made it like > '#USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree' or > 'USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree' > > There is a huge difference the first does nothing and the second > installs you the xfree. > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
