You only need the structure for you package. /usr/local/portage/categoy/appname
where category is a category such as net-fs and appname is a directory with the name of the app. For xine it would be /usr/local/portage/media-libs/xine In the appname directory put the ebuild. Then create a files directory in appname and run ebuild packagename digest. > > From: "Roy Kidder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/01/11 Sun PM 11:05:17 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild file help > > I uncommented the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable in /etc/make.conf, leaving it > at the default /usr/local/portage, which I created. I'm not sure what > part of the directory structure from /usr/portage I should duplicate in > /usr/local/portage however. /usr/portage is ~1.5G in size. I'm also not > sure how to create a digest for the .ebuild file. > > Thanks, > Roy > > > > Brett I. Holcomb said: > > 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 > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
