Just installed gentoo linux after following the stuff in the index.html in the cdrom

After install i land in a minimal linux, without graphics. Tried doing emerge gnome and it fails. Copied the contents of portage of second cd to the /usr/portage directory , and still it fails

any links would be helpful. One of my friends is actually facing this problem right now.

Thanks for help

You will get help a lot faster if you post exactly what you did and the error messages you got when things failed.

Hi,
This is what has been done :

1. Installed Gentoo by going through the steps as present in index.html in the CD

2. Avoided installation of unnecessary stuff (like network etc...) because it is a standalone system there

3. After installation, we have a minimal version of Gentoo with no "startx"

4. Tried to install X11 and Gnome, and it gives problems

5. Want to know how to make the Portage directory under /usr as the default directory where "emerge" will search for installation files, instead of going to Internet to do the same (as my system is not connected to the net). This is like, in Mandrake, we edit the /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and enter the location where the "cz" files are located. This can also be done using "urpmi.addmedia" command etc...

-S

This is where I meant you need to provide more info. What are these problems you are experiencing? As for using portage without a net connection take a look at this guide. Basically uou need to put your packages in /usr/portage/distfiles so that emerge can find them.

That is exactly what we needed. Thanks a lot !!!

As for the problem, yes i accept that i did not mention it clearly. I tried to contact my friend regarding this, but he too does not remember this exactly.

"Beginners usually have to spend some time to learn. During that time there are more chances of getting fed up and not looking at errors frequently. That is what happened with us."

But then we now love linux. We know what has to be done !

Great !

Thanks !

Hi ,

Please clear my confusion here.

I have a machine in my home that doesn't have an internet connection at all. But I have the Gentoo Installation CD. Do i need to emerge -fp package1 package2 2> links.txt from the cdrom?

Because the exact issue is when I try "emerge gnome" it fails with command seraching for the packages from the internet.

Please clarify me on this, if you won't feel burdened please let me know the step by step procedure for installing gnome ofcourse without the internet connection

Regards,

athreya vc
athreyavc@yahoo.co.in

I've never done a networkless install, but I assume all you need to do is copy the packages from the live or packages cd to /usr/portage/distfiles and emerge will find them and won't try to connect to the internet since the distfiles will already be available.

Make sure you are using the LiveCD as it includes GRP prebuilt packages.

With the LiveCD you can choose packages such as Xorg/Gnome to install from the cd sources.

Here is a link to a doc on installing GRP packages from the LiveCD.

So, we will try this out today and will let you know once we are done

Here it is > The exact steps :

Code Listing 3: Mount the Packages CD

(Put the Gentoo Packages CD in the CD tray)
# mount /mnt/cdrom

Now configure Portage to use /mnt/cdrom for its prebuilt packages:

Code Listing 4: Configuring Portage to use /mnt/cdrom

# ls /mnt/cdrom

(If there is a /mnt/cdrom/packages directory
# export PKGDIR="/mnt/cdrom/packages"

(Otherwise
# export PKGDIR="/mnt/cdrom"

Now install the packages you want. The Packages CD contains several prebuilt binaries, for instance KDE:

Code Listing 5: Installing KDE

# emerge --usepkg kde