-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 13 October 2003 16:14, Stephen Liu wrote:
> >emerge package # download and compile > > How can I know they are available on net/website They are. Not possible to add ebuilds to portage for things that aren't available. How could the developer develop it otherwise? > >emerge -k package # try to use a precompile binary, or download and > > compile > > During installation of Gentoo OS, I have encountered difficulty on running > > # emerge -k kde > and > # emerge -k xfree > > Each took 2+ hours respectively without completion compelling me to > reboot the PC. The download time was short but the installation time > was endless with screen running continuously. If the binary wasn't in the correct place, or usuable (for whatever reason) emerge will download the source and compile it. This can take a very long time. I don't use binary packages, so am unsure of exactly what happens, but no doubt you will be told if the binary package was unusuable. If it just goes and gets the source and starts compiling the binary package wasn't were portage expected it to be. > >Root installs, user runs. > > Where shall I untar the tarball, on which folder? Will installation > find the right folder automatically. I think you are missing the point of Gentoo. You don't do anything but issue a command, portage does the rest. - -- Mike Williams -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/isMLInuLMrk7bIwRApTEAKCBaPglnputtlV9zz26Xjk/8pKJbwCfRg/k ukSU2TELWhhVq2l0Bv9kUnA= =176M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
