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From: Daniel Huckstep <voodoo.rage@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problem re ebuilds
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:01:57
Message-Id: 44F544CF.6020109@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] problem re ebuilds by Stephen Liu
1 It's 'gentoo-sources', with a trailing 's'
2
3 And to update, you just emerge foo, not emerge update foo
4
5 Read the manpage for emerge to find out more options, or check the
6 Gentoo handbook
7
8 Daniel
9
10 Stephen Liu wrote:
11 > Hi folks,
12 >
13 > Installing Gentoo amd64
14 > Guide:- Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook
15 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml
16 >
17 >
18 > On running;
19 > # emerge --sync --quiet
20 >
21 > following warning popup:
22 > * An update to portage is available. It is highly recommended
23 > * that your update portage now, before any other packages are updated
24 > * please do so and then update All your configuration files
25 > * end *
26 >
27 >
28 > Ran;
29 > # emerge update portage
30 > Calculating dependencies
31 > emerge: there are no ebuilds to satify "update"
32 > * end *
33 >
34 > I left it aside and continued to;
35 > Code Listing 22: installing a kernel source
36 > # USE="-doc symlink" emerge gentoo-sources
37 >
38 > following warning popup;
39 > Calculating denpendencies
40 > emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "gentoo-source"
41 > * end *
42 >
43 > Please advise how to solve these problems. How to update other
44 > packages? What are those packages?
45 >
46 > TIA
47 >
48 > B.R.
49 > SL
50 >
51 >
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