where can I get emerge

Starch · 07-07-2005, 03:34 PM

Where can I get emerge? I tried searching, the name is popular but can't find. Is it only for certain distributions? Can I get it and will it work on Slackware?

Thanks in advance!

Tinkster · 07-07-2005, 03:38 PM

emerge = gentoo

Good luck if you want to port it to slackware yourself ;}

Cheers,
Tink

gbhil · 07-07-2005, 04:21 PM

Actually, it isn't that hard to build and use portage on Slackware. There are quite a few posts about doing it at the Gentoo forums. The problem is, eventually your system turns into a bastard. You'll soon find slack packages stop working, and you can't use emerge to build packages without errors.

Emerge is a very nice feature. But I've found that reading doc's, checking my dependencies and using

Code:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local && make <options> && checkinstall >& compile<pkg-name>.log &

works just as well for me.

bird603568 · 07-07-2005, 04:34 PM

there is a port called emerde and I dislike it At first it was sweet then after a few weeks it stopped working. I would rsync with a slackware source server and Slackbuild the packages.

gargamel · 07-07-2005, 04:36 PM

There are some ongoing projects trying to fit Slackware with a portage like package management system.

I suggest that you search this forum for key words
- Gentoo
- Arch
- package management

This will yield many hits, but be patient: some of them will be of interest to you.

gargamel

killerbob · 07-07-2005, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bird603568
Many words

I guess emerde lives up to its name, then...

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/fre.html

gargamel · 07-07-2005, 05:35 PM

Hmm. To my knowledge this is just *one* of a number of projects. Maybe
- it has improved in the meantime
- other options are better.

I don't know. My only experience is with the build system of ROCK Linux --- which can run on Slackware for native and cross builds. It's a number of Bash scripts.

But, as someone said: With any of these systems you run into the risc to confuse Slackware's own (very basic) package management system.

But you are a Slacker because you are bold and responsible and because you know what you are doing, how and why, and you really want it that way, right? ;-)

gargamel

-0- · 07-07-2005, 08:02 PM

If you MUST have portage, either try Gentoo (ick), or google for portpkg (i forget the link at present). i had a look at it, and i must say it looked promising, but i'm happy with my self made slackpackages thanks.

On a different note, Does anyone know off hand how large the basic slack-current ftp site is (inluding source)? I'm considering making a local mirror for my boxen.

Cheers -0-

DaHammer · 07-07-2005, 10:50 PM

Code:

root@gateway:/chroot/httpd/slackware# du -ch slackware-current | grep total
3.0G    total
root@gateway:/chroot/httpd/slackware# du -ch slackware-10.1 | grep total
3.2G    total