On Sunday 11 March 2007 05:25:24 Chris wrote: > I will begin by stating my problem. I have the source code (in > *.tar.bz2 format) for a couple of pieces of software that are not in the > Portage tree at all. I would like to compile and install them in such a > way that I can use them, and even so Portage recognizes them. > > I have read the official Gentoo documentation regarding Portage, ebuilds > and diverting from the Portage tree and while it gave me some ideas, it > really didn't fully answer the question of exactly *how* to do what I want. > > I am hoping that someone can provide me with resources - examples and/or > a walkthrough would be especially helpful. I realize that the Gentoo > team can only do so much and carefully test each package before putting > it in the official tree. There are just some pieces of software that I > want that are not even in the testing tree.
The devmanual is a good place to start. If you use IRC then #gentoo-dev-help at freenode is a good place to get more help... http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml -- Bo Andresen
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