Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo AMD64 <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] simulating apt-get on gentoo
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:49:41
Message-Id: CAK2H+efRFLX=QNpvzDfjUOF5VxCMxHd95fmnZWNQvCejL_0ULA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] simulating apt-get on gentoo by Daiajo Tibdixious
1 On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Daiajo Tibdixious <daiajo@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > A package I wish to download has these instructions:
4 >
5 > wget -O -
6 > http://content.runescape.com/a=946/downloads/ubuntu/runescape.gpg.key
7 > | apt-key add -
8 > mkdir -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d
9 > echo "deb http://content.runescape.com/a=946/downloads/ubuntu trusty
10 > non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/runescape.list
11 > apt-get update
12 > apt-get install -y runescape-launcher
13 >
14 > I have downloaded the apt sources and have been reading it. However
15 > its fairly large &
16 > complex which will take me a while to figure out.
17 > The gpg key was fairly easy, but I don't see how apt-get uses it yet.
18 > I also don't see how apt gets the list of files to download, since
19 > there is only a directory given.
20 > I can't displayhttp://content.runescape.com/a=946/downloads/ubuntu in a
21 > browser.
22 >
23 > Just wondering if anyone has anything helpful to shorten the process
24 > of figuring it out.
25 > I'm planning to create a cut down apt-get which just fetches the
26 > files, but don't have much time most days.
27 >
28 >
29 In my experience if you're running Gentoo you're better off staying in the
30 Gentoo
31 package framework and finding the app you want in a portage overlay:
32
33 https://gpo.zugaina.org/games-rpg/unix-runescape-client

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] simulating apt-get on gentoo Daiajo Tibdixious <daiajo@×××××.com>
[gentoo-amd64] Re: simulating apt-get on gentoo Jonathan Callen <jcallen@g.o>