You got further than I did...I tried to install the GRP from CD only but kept getting errors about not having a network connection...seems like the GRP instructions stop about 1/2 way through. Can you give me any tips on how to install the basic GRP from CD only?
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 7:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] emerge from LiveCD I got the Gentoo 1.4 disks via snail mail, and installed as nearly by the book as I could. I only have dialup ppp, so installing much of the system from CD saves both time and telkom cost. The emerge system works beautifully if I start the ppp. But the instructions say that you should be able to install from the CDs, or from files copied from the CDs. The example they give is: # USE='bindist" emerge -k xfree But I can't get this to work. I've looked at man page, portage manual, etc, but I must be missing something. Here's actual console output: asterix:packages> ls xfree* xfree-4.3.0-r2.tbz2 asterix:packages> export PKGDIR=$PWD asterix:packages> echo $PKGDIR /usr/portage/packages asterix:packages> USE="bindist" emerge -K xfree Calculating dependencies !!! There are no packages available to satisfy: "xfree" !!! Either add a suitable binary package or compile from an ebuild. !!! Error calculating dependencies. Please correct. asterix:packages> USE="bindist" emerge -K xfree-4.3.0-r2.tbz2 Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r2 to / !!! CATEGORY info missing from info chunk, aborting... asterix:packages> I've googled for "CATEGORY info missing from info chunk", to no avail. Can you gentoo boffins direct me? TIA Bob Barry -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
