installing kde from gentoo cd

[mesman00]

hi. i recently downloaded the gentoo 1.4 cd's, 1 and 2. i have noticed that kde 3.1.2 is already on the second cd. how do i do an emerge of kde from the second cd so i don't have to download all of the files. thanks

note - i have already done a stage 3 install, so i'm not using GRP

 

[Malcolm]

2 ways

1) you can copy all the files from the cd's packages/All directory to your /use/portage/packages/All directory

2) creat a link for your monted CD ROM drive if you're low on space

mount /mnt/cdrom     <-- mounts your cdrom drive as describes in /etc/fstab
ln -sf /usr/portage/packages/All /mnt/cdrom/packages/All

now just:

emerge -k kde

remember to remove the link id if you went that was, and to umount your cdrom drive; also its safe to delete the GRP packages once you're finished the install.

 

[mesman00]

i do'nt have a packages folder inside of my portage folder. should i make one, or should i just copy the files from /mnt/cdrom/packages/All into /usr/portage?

 

[Malcolm]

i do'nt have a packages folder inside of my portage folder. should i make one, or should i just copy the files from /mnt/cdrom/packages/All into /usr/portage?

you can:

mkdir /usr/portage/packages
cp -r /mnt/cdrom/packages/* /usr/portage/packages

if thats what'cha mean

 

[mesman00]

ok, what i did was put all of the KDE files from the cdrom into the folder /usr/portage/packages. then when i did:

emerge -K kde

i get the following error:

there are no packages available to satisfy "kde"

if i try to

emerge -K "insert one of the kde .tbz files here"

it will start the very beginning of the merge, like it says

(emerge 1 of 1) "instert one of the kde .tbz files here"

but then i get this error:

category info missing from chunk, aborting...

is there something special i have to start so the ebuild can start from one of the binary packages and the go all the way through the process? thanks.

 

[Malcolm]

ok, what i did was put all of the KDE files from the cdrom into the folder /usr/portage/packages. then when i did:

emerge -K kde

i get the following error:

there are no packages available to satisfy "kde"

if i try to

emerge -K "insert one of the kde .tbz files here"

it will start the very beginning of the merge, like it says

(emerge 1 of 1) "instert one of the kde .tbz files here"

but then i get this error:

category info missing from chunk, aborting...

is there something special i have to start so the ebuild can start from one of the binary packages and the go all the way through the process? thanks.

you shouldn't have to do this anymore but try

USE="bindinst" emerge -k kde

the new version of portage should already take care of this (emerged in the 'emerge system' step)