1> The install document refers tp GRP repeatedly. [IE: If you are not using GRP...] What is GRP? I don't see any obvious answers in the install doc. It's possible I've missed something, but...
It's there, near the beginning of the installation instructions:
Note: A complete Gentoo Linux 2-CD set contains the Gentoo Reference Platform, which is a complete pre-built Gentoo Linux system including GNOME, KDE, Mozilla and OpenOffice. The Gentoo Reference Platform ("GRP") was created to allow rapid Gentoo Linux package installations for those who need this capability.
What I did when switching my system to Gentoo was to follow the instructions for GRP, so that I had a working system soon, and later I "emerge sync"ed and upgraded to latest versions of everything by recompiling from source.
How does Gentoo deal with this sort of thing, or is the user supposed to figure out any/all dependancies on their own, by looking at compilation errors?
Ah, you're in for a nice surprise. Dependency management is one of the nicest features in Gentoo. It will automatically install any dependencies needed by a package (you can review what it will do by using "emerge -pv something" when you want to install something, the -p stands for "pretend"). Dependencies are also nicely handled in init scripts, for example, so that services on which others depend are started first.
Have fun, --Diego
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