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On Monday 13 October 2003 15:23, Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi all folks,
>
> I just completed installing Gentoo 1.4  Now its is running.  My next
> step will be installing packages such as browser, email software,
> OpenOffice, etc.
>
> Where will be the preferrable folder/directory to untar the tarballs.  Is
> it
>
> # tar -jxvf  /usr/portage/packages/All/package.tbz2  -C  /usr/local/   ???
>
> so that both ROOT and USER can install/setup/run them without problem
>
> Kindly advise.  Thanks in advance.

emerge package # download and compile
emerge -k package # try to use a precompile binary, or download and compile

Root installs, user runs.

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Mike Williams
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