On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 22:45, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > Check out the ebuild docs at Gentoo's web site to get some information > about ebuilds. > > I activate the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable in /etc/make.conf, create the > directory (default is /usr/local/portage) and create a directory > structure just like /usr/portage has for the program I want to install. > Put the ebuild in there, create a digest for it and emerge it. Use > emerge -p to see what problems you might run into and what it might need > to install as dependencies before you install it. I also like to look > over the ebuild to see what's in it. > > > > Roy Kidder wrote: > > I'm new to Gentoo (been using Linux for about 8 years) and I'm trying to > > find my way around the ebuild/portage/emerge school of thought. > > > > I recently found a piece of software where the author supplies a .ebuild > > file. > > > > How can I install the software as a package using this .ebuild file? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Roy > > > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > Just incase you don't know, to build the digest for the ebuild after you place it in the /usr/local/portage dir you need to issue this command: "ebuid nameofpackage.ebuild digest".
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