On Mon, 03 May 2004 08:27:55 +1200 "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick wrote: > > emerge -g kde > > I am not at my Gentoo box so I cannot type emerge -help > > What is the -g flag for Nick? -g downloads a binary package from a server and installs it, if it can, if no binary package is available on the server it will download the source and compile it. -G forces binary only, ie it fails if the binary package is unavailable. > > Rob -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>