On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 00:13 +1200, Richard Tindall wrote: > Richard Tindall wrote: > > > /etc/make.conf should be the file for the entry, but what is the > > instruction to emerge from the packages CD please? > > Would it be: > > PORTAGE_BINHOST="/mnt/cdrom/ALL"
NO! see below > > Obvious I s'pose / vague but improving memory from last year. > > Giving it a go.. The instructions are found on the gentoo web page, under docs somewhere. (but thats a lot of somewhere!) PORTAGE_BINHOST is for a network connected binary repository, it would be something like: PORTAGE_BINHOST="http://host.name/dir/ALL"; For something local to your machine you want: PORTAGE_BINHOST="/mnt/cdrom" Then you emerge using the --usepkg (-k) option. e.g emerge -k kde any required packages that are not available as binaries will be compiled. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
