On Thursday 25 February 2010 05:14:06 ubiquitous1980 wrote: > BRM wrote: > > I am interested in finding a GUI interface for working with portage, > > preferably for KDE4. Namely b/c I am getting a little tired of having > > konsole windows open and not being able to keep track of where I am in > > the emerge update process - something a GUI _ought_ to be able to > > resolve. > > > > In googling, I noticed Kuroo, but it's no longer maintained (nearly 2 > > years out of date now, so it would have to have been KDE3) so it's been > > understandably removed from mainline portage - though I also noticed > > information on a Kuroo overlay. > > > > And I also came across Porthole; however, all versions are marked > > Unstable/Testing (~) at the moment. > > > > Can anyone give some advice on these or others? > > > > > > Ben > > In the case that there is not a GUI tool, why not run as root # tail -f > /var/log/emerge.log > > It tells you what is being installed at present > > Another, to see what you are downloading is # tail -f > /var/log/emerge-fetch.log
Set the terminal up so that it displays the running command in the titlebar. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
