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On 3/10/07, Chris <cjw2004d@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Hello Everyone, |
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> I will begin by stating my problem. I have the source code (in |
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> *.tar.bz2 format) for a couple of pieces of software that are not in the |
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> Portage tree at all. I would like to compile and install them in such a |
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> way that I can use them, and even so Portage recognizes them. |
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You most likely want to install that software in /usr/local as per |
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Gentoo's filesystem layout [1]. The way you can do that with |
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autotoolized software is like this: |
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./configure --prefix=/usr/local |
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make |
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make install |
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I don't know what you mean by making Portage recognize the software |
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installed this way. Do you want Portage to be able to uninstall and/or |
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upgrade this software? If so, the simple answer is you it can't do |
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that. You have to manage the software outside of Portage yourself. |
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> I have read the official Gentoo documentation regarding Portage, ebuilds |
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> and diverting from the Portage tree and while it gave me some ideas, it |
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> really didn't fully answer the question of exactly *how* to do what I want. |
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You probably arrived at this state because that documentation wasn't |
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talking about what you really wanted :) |
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References: |
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[1] - http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/filesystem/index.html |
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Libre Software: |
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http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html |
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