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On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 16:13, nick G wrote: |
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> Hi Listers. Does Gentoo support rpm's? Or is it some other kind of |
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> package format. Thanks, |
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> Nick |
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Gentoo's Package manager is called Portage. The way Gentoo works is |
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that it downloads source and compiles it on your own computer. |
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There is capacity for binary packages, however these are just in bzip2 |
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compressed tarballs, which Portage handles on its own. |
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Regards, |
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-Lisa |
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