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On Jan 12, 2004, at 7:18 PM, Dominik wrote: |
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> The forums are much easier to get a response. |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=102902&highlight=perl+autoconf |
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> says to type ldconfig then env-update and finally source /etc/profile |
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> .. |
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> yes, repetitive, but it works. :) |
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> |
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> Dominik |
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> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 18:00, Barry Hawkins wrote: |
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>> On Jan 12, 2004, at 5:40 PM, Dominik wrote: |
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>>> What error did you get for emerge sync? Are you sure you ran source |
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>>> /etc/profile ? |
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>>> |
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>>> Dominik |
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>>> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 16:24, Barry Hawkins wrote: |
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>>>> List, |
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>>>> Hello. I joined this list yesterday, and have not seen any traffic |
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>>>> from it yet. Are the forums preferred over mailing lists for |
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>>>> Gentoo? |
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>>>> If so, I will post there. |
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>>>> I am trying to install from LiveCD 1 for Gentoo Linux 1.4 for |
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>>>> PowerPC |
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>>>> G4. The system is a 15" PowerBook G4 1GHz (Aluminum). Following |
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>>>> the |
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>>>> online instructions for installation, everything seems to go fine |
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>>>> until |
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>>>> it is time for me to run `emerge system`. Here is what happens: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> # emerge system |
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>>>> ... |
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>>>> configure: error: perl not found |
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>>>> !!! ERROR: sys-devel/automake-1.7.8 failed |
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>>>> !!! Function src-compile, Line 102, Exitcode 1 |
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>>>> !!! (no error message) |
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>>>> The only other problem I had experienced was the net-setup bash |
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>>>> script |
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>>>> not being found when I was instructed to run it. I simply used |
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>>>> `dhcpcd |
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>>>> eth0` and everything worked fine. I am doing a stage 2 install, and |
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>>>> using the Internet download option for emerge. The command `emerge |
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>>>> sync` took about five tries before I was able to run successfully. |
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>>>> I appreciate any guidance. If I do not hear from anyone soon, I |
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>>>> will |
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>>>> assume that I should post this to the forums. |
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>>>> Regards, |
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>>> |
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>> Dominik, |
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>> Thanks for your reply. The emerge sync command response was not an |
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>> error message per se. The message was from the rsync server that I |
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>> was |
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>> directed to by rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage. It had its |
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>> maximum allowable number of sessions running, so I just kept trying |
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>> periodically until the process ran. |
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>> Here are the full set of commands I used from just before I began the |
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>> chroot up to the point of the emerge system error: |
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>> # mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf |
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>> # cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf |
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>> # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash |
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>> # env-update |
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>> # source /etc/profile |
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>> # emerge sync (worked after 5th try) |
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>> # emerge system |
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>> [...] |
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>> configure: error: perl not found |
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>> !!! ERROR: sys-devel/automake-1.7.8 failed |
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>> !!! Function src-compile, Line 102, Exitcode 1 |
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>> !!! (no error message) |
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>> |
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>> Regards, |
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> |
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Dominik, |
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Thanks, I will try the extra ldconfig once my PowerBook comes back |
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from warranty repair at Apple. |
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Regards, |
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Barry C. Hawkins |
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