On May 13, 2014, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > I use eix for searching portage. Emerge eix then replace your
> crontab > "emerge --sync" line with "eix-sync" and away you go. > It doesn't help selecting/installing, but since it indexes > portage makes > searching very fast. Interesting. But not quite what I'm after. I rarely do a emerge -s style search. What I want is a full GUI that lets me select things for install or removal. Just as an example, suppose I install kde-meta (or gnome-meta for those who prefer gnome). That's going to install a ton of packages that I don't need. So now perhaps I want to remove a lot of those packages. I can search through the portage files to determine exactly what files are in the KDE portion of the portage library and make a list, or I can use a GUI program instead. And if it's a curses-style program I could avoid the issue in the first place by skipping kde-meta and installing only the kde-* packages that I want. Still, eix looks like it's something I might have a use for. Thanks for that. Now if only someone could find (or write) a good curses-style front end to portage that includes the ability to install/remove packages. Hell, it can call emerge to do the actual work. I don't care. I just don't want to sort through all those lists without some sort of interface a bit more friendly than the standard command line. :) --- Dan On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 4:31 AM, Charles Curley < [email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 8 May 2014 15:21:55 -0600 > Nicholas Leippe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But regardless, can't you set up a local package cache (ala > > http-replicator that gentoo uses--really just a simple caching http > > proxy) to reduce duplicate downloads from multiple machines and just > > not worry about it? > > Debian has several specific packages for the purpose, > > root@iorich:~# apt-cache search apt-cacher > approx - caching proxy server for Debian archive files > apt-cacher - Caching proxy for Debian package and source files > apt-cacher-ng - caching proxy server for software repositories > debtorrent - bittorrent proxy for downloading Debian packages > root@iorich:~# > > You will have to add a proxy to your apt setup: > > Acquire::http::Proxy "http://aptcacherdeb.localdomain:3142";; > > Then add this to a crontab.d file on each machine: > > root /usr/bin/apt-get update > /dev/null && /usr/bin/apt-get -dy > dist-upgrade > /dev/null > > (all one line, wrapped by my mail client) > > That will pull updated packages in to each machine so you don't sit > around waiting for apt-get to pull them when you upgrade. > > While I agree with the aesthetic dislike of cruft and package bloat, > this and cheap storage space solve the bandwidth problem well enough > for me. > > -- > > The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, > and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be > violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, > supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the > place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. > -- U.S. Const. Amendment IV > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
