You're welcome. You can use the PORTDIR_OVERLAY for ebuilds you modify or do yourself, too.
Have fun. > > From: "Roy Kidder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/01/12 Mon AM 08:02:09 EST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild file help > > Got it. Thanks for the help! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > You only need the structure for you package. > > > > /usr/local/portage/categoy/appname > > > > where category is a category such as net-fs and appname is a directory > > with the name of the app. For xine it would be > > > > /usr/local/portage/media-libs/xine > > > > In the appname directory put the ebuild. Then create a files directory > > in appname and run ebuild packagename digest. > > > > > >> > >> From: "Roy Kidder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2004/01/11 Sun PM 11:05:17 EST > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ebuild file help > >> > >> I uncommented the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable in /etc/make.conf, leaving > >> it > >> at the default /usr/local/portage, which I created. I'm not sure what > >> part of the directory structure from /usr/portage I should duplicate in > >> /usr/local/portage however. /usr/portage is ~1.5G in size. I'm also > >> not > >> sure how to create a digest for the .ebuild file. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Roy > >> > >> > >> > >> Brett I. Holcomb said: > >> > Check out the ebuild docs at Gentoo's web site to get some > >> information > >> > about ebuilds. > >> > > >> > I activate the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable in /etc/make.conf, create the > >> > directory (default is /usr/local/portage) and create a directory > >> > structure just like /usr/portage has for the program I want to > >> install. > >> > Put the ebuild in there, create a digest for it and emerge it. > >> Use > >> > emerge -p to see what problems you might run into and what it might > >> need > >> > to install as dependencies before you install it. I also like to > >> look > >> > over the ebuild to see what's in it. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Roy Kidder wrote: > >> >> I'm new to Gentoo (been using Linux for about 8 years) and I'm > >> trying > >> >> to > >> >> find my way around the ebuild/portage/emerge school of thought. > >> >> > >> >> I recently found a piece of software where the author supplies a > >> >> .ebuild > >> >> file. > >> >> > >> >> How can I install the software as a package using this .ebuild file? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks in advance, > >> >> Roy > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
