Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?
Gentoo figures out the dependencies so if you try and install KDE and X is not installed it will install X first. Do emerge packagename -p and it will tell you what it will install. On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, billyd wrote: I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it installed using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with linux but still in a steep learning curve. I am at the point in this installation where I can start installing packages. The handbook uses kde as an example. My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be installed. For example, should x11-xorg be installed before kde? Thanks, -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?
On Wednesday 05 October 2005 05:00 pm, Roger Miliker wrote: > On Wednesday 05 October 2005 23:39, billyd wrote: > > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it > > installed using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with > > linux but still in a steep learning curve. I am at the point > > in this installation where I can start installing packages. > > The handbook uses kde as an example. > > > > My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be > > installed. For example, should x11-xorg be installed before > > kde? > > > > Thanks, > > Then handbook part you are referring to means the packages from > the packages iso. The correct command would be emerge --usepkg > kde-meta (to use the binaries off the packages.iso). portage > takes care of the dependencies of packages automatically, so it > will install xorg-x11 before anything that needs it like kde. > > If you haven't done a networkless install (stage3, snapshot, > packages.iso, no emerge --sync) it works the same way except it > downloads and compiles things. > > So in short: no need for a special order, since portage/emerge > takes care of the dependencies for you. > > Roger Thanks, Roger. That was very helpful. Bill -- Billy [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?
On Wednesday 05 October 2005 23:39, billyd wrote: > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it > installed using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with linux > but still in a steep learning curve. I am at the point in this > installation where I can start installing packages. The handbook > uses kde as an example. > > My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be > installed. For example, should x11-xorg be installed before kde? > > Thanks, Then handbook part you are referring to means the packages from the packages iso. The correct command would be emerge --usepkg kde-meta (to use the binaries off the packages.iso). portage takes care of the dependencies of packages automatically, so it will install xorg-x11 before anything that needs it like kde. If you haven't done a networkless install (stage3, snapshot, packages.iso, no emerge --sync) it works the same way except it downloads and compiles things. So in short: no need for a special order, since portage/emerge takes care of the dependencies for you. Roger -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?
On Wednesday 05 October 2005 04:47 pm, Yoandy Rodriguez wrote: > The gentoo portage (tha packages install system) automatically > resolves dependencies so... if you try to install a package, it > goes and install everything needed by that package, if you do an > emerge kde it downloads xorg-x11, qt, and everything else > > On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 16:39 -0500, billyd wrote: > > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it > > installed using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with > > linux but still in a steep learning curve. I am at the point in > > this installation where I can start installing packages. The > > handbook uses kde as an example. > > > > My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be > > installed. For example, should x11-xorg be installed before > > kde? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > > > BDW > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the quick reply. I knew that some dependencies would be resolved, but in the case of x11-xorg, I wasn't sure. It does make sense, but when you get to be my age you know that just because something makes sense, doesn't mean it will turn out that way! Thanks again. BDW -- Billy D. Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?
The gentoo portage (tha packages install system) automatically resolves dependencies so... if you try to install a package, it goes and install everything needed by that package, if you do an emerge kde it downloads xorg-x11, qt, and everything else On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 16:39 -0500, billyd wrote: > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it installed > using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with linux but still in a > steep learning curve. I am at the point in this installation where I > can start installing packages. The handbook uses kde as an example. > > My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be installed. > For example, should x11-xorg be installed before kde? > > Thanks, > > -- > > BDW > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- live free() or die() Jadex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
