On Friday, August 26, 2011 05:08:08 PM James wrote: > Hello, > > > In /usr/portage/sci-chemistry, there are lots > of software offerings. My son is new to Gentoo > but now I let him go root and install packages. > > Does Gentoo maintain an online index with brief > description of each so one can make a guess as to > which packages might be useful to him? > > Is there some slick way to install all of the packages > in this dir? (drawing a blank --most-likely-TGIF-syndrome) > > and then go down a list (index) and test which ones > he would want to keep? > > suggestions are most welcome. > > I'm looking for suggestions better than: > eix <package> one at a time....
Got a few ideas: You can have "eix" give details for all the packages in a "group" in one go though. Try: # eix sci-chemistry/ (Yes, use a training slash "/" ) To install all the packages in "sci-chemistry/" you can do the following: # emerge -va `eix sci-chemistry/ --only-names` Be prepared to have to unmask a lot of packages. To get a list of all the sci-chemistry/ packages installed (eg. still to check and/or already selected to keep: # eix -I --only-names sci-chemistry/ Hope these help with what you're trying to do. -- Joost
