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

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Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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