Gentoo install help!! Missing Portage

Super Nade · 03-10-2005, 11:30 AM

Guys, I'm following the installation handbook word for word and the Portage directory is missing! Thats what's so puzzling. I did do a

Code:

cd /usr

and a

Code:

 ls -ax

but the Portage directory wasn't in there!

Well, the manual says I could use the emerge-webrsync. That worked (no updates were done) as I got no error messages.

Should I reinstall?

system specs are in my sig.

HDD Config is as follows:-
IDE [Primary, Linux]
I have 3 partitions:
boot 32M
swap 512M
root rest of the hdd

SATA [Windows]
not detected by Gentoo.

0pal_t0ad · 03-10-2005, 01:06 PM

from what i can remember, it's a seperate package on the first cd which you need to extract into /usr/portage

browse everything on the cd and when you come across a dir called 'All', you''ve found it.

Super Nade · 03-10-2005, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 0pal_t0ad
from what i can remember, it's a seperate package on the first cd which you need to extract into /usr/portage

browse everything on the cd and when you come across a dir called 'All', you''ve found it.

I've been following every step carefully. O.K. This is what I did so far. Starting from scratch.

1.Changed root password
2.Created a user
3.setup network as follows:

Code:

#modprobe sk98lin
#net-setup
#ping -c 3 www.google.com

4.Partitioned HDD as follows:
/dev/hdb1 Boot 32M
/dev/hdb2 Swap 512M
/dev/hdb3 Root rest of the HDD

I got this message when I began partitioning ie used

Code:

 fdisk /dev/hdb

Message:

Code:

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 7476.There is nothing wrong with thta, but this is larger than 1024 :and in certain setups cause problems with:-
1.software that runs at boot time (eg old versions of LILO)
2.Booting and partition software from other OS'es (eg. DOS FDisk, OS/2 FDisk)

5.Applied the respective partitions and enabled swap
6.Mounted partitions (page 40)
7.checked date
8.Used stage 1 from the cd (Page 43)
9.Installed portage (Page 44)

When I did this

page 45)

Code:

#cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/*  /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/

I got this message:

Code:

cp:omitting directory '/mnt/cdrom/distfiles/cvs-src

10.Configured kernel compile options
making the following changes:

Code:

CFLAGS=" -pipes -02"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"

11.Installing Base Gentoo system (page 49)
I typed:

Code:

#mirrorselect -a -s4 -0 >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf

I got this message

Code:

/usr/sbin/mirrorselect:line1:portageq:command not found

12.Mounted the proc filesystem
13.Entered the new envoirnment (page 50)

14.Updating the portage tree
I typed:

Code:

#emerge --sync

I get the error message: (same error message displayed when I did emerge-info

Code:

!!!Invalid token (not"=") 
!!!ParseError: nvalid token (not"=") ://etc/make.conf:line 7 in //etc/make.conf
!!!Incorrect multiline literals can cause this. Do not use them

So I went ahead and tride code listing 6 page 51:

Code:

emerge-webrsynch

No error messages. It scanned through a lot of websites and said no packages were available.

15.Configured USE variable according to the code on pg 52.
16.Progressing from stage1 to stage2:
I typed:

Code:

#scripts/bootstrap.sh

I got his error message many times over:

Code:

!!!Invalid token (not"=") 
!!!ParseError: nvalid token (not"=") ://etc/make.conf:line 7 in //etc/make.conf
!!!Incorrect multiline literals can cause this. Do not use them

This is where I'm stuck at. I hope I've been a bit more clear this time.
Did I miss anything?

Thanks mate,

Folks at the Gentoo Forums seem to be getting mad at me for asking!

comprookie2000 · 03-10-2005, 02:54 PM

First did you fix /etc/make.conf?
next try this;

Code:

(Activate the swap partition)    # swapon /dev/hdax
(Mount the root partition)       # mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo
(Mount the boot partition)       # mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo/boot
(Go to the mountpoint)           # cd /mnt/gentoo
(Copy over nameserver information)
                                 # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
(Mount the proc filesystem)      # mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
(Chroot into the new environment)# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
(Load the necessary variables)   # env-update; source /etc/profile
(Network-only, non-GRP: update Portage)
                                 # emerge --sync

What Happens?

__J · 03-10-2005, 02:56 PM

post line 7 of make.conf, if your emerge sync failed, you wouldn't have a portage tree to work from.

Super Nade · 03-10-2005, 03:05 PM

I looked at the /etc/make.conf file and after the first 3 lines, it was full of garbage characters. Should I delete the garbage? The only thing I could make out of line seven was ipv6. The rest was junk (special characters).

I'm in XP right now, so I'll try the fix /etc/make.conf and get back to you guys.

Now, do I have to reinstall from scratch or can I continue whern I left off?

comprookie2000 · 03-10-2005, 03:09 PM

mirrorselect put all that junk in there.heres mine;
/etc/make.conf

Code:

# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
USE="apache2 cddb gimp gtkhtml imlib2 java mmx mmx2 mp3 mplayer nvidia pic \
     ppds sse sse2 syslog -oss -arts -kde -libg -qt -quicktime"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PORTAGE_NICENESS=3
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
FEATURES="sandbox ccache candy"
CCACHE_SIZE="2G"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.eliteitminds.com"

syg00 · 03-10-2005, 06:06 PM

Skip the mirrorselect; it's problematic - no, it's a crock.
Delete the crap, go with the defaults. Later on you can look at the mirror list, and pick a local one if you wish.

Generally after a problem, fix the problem and proceed from there - as posted earlier by comprookie2000.
That is, you do *NOT* have to start from the beginning.

Yet ....