Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[billyd]

On Wednesday 05 October 2005 05:00 pm, Roger Miliker wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 October 2005 23:39, billyd wrote:
> > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1  trying to get it
> > installed using genkernel.  I am a little beyond newbie  with
> > linux but still in a steep learning curve.   I am at the point
> > in this installation where I can start installing packages.
> > The handbook uses kde as an example.
> >
> > My question:  Is there an order in which packages need to be
> > installed.  For example, should x11-xorg be installed before
> > kde?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> Then handbook part you are referring to means the packages from
> the packages iso. The correct command would be emerge --usepkg
> kde-meta (to use the binaries off the packages.iso). portage
> takes care of the dependencies of packages automatically, so it
> will install xorg-x11 before anything that needs it like kde.
>
> If you haven't done a networkless install (stage3, snapshot,
> packages.iso, no emerge --sync) it works the same way except it
> downloads and compiles things.
>
> So in short: no need for a special order, since portage/emerge
> takes care of the dependencies for you.
>
> Roger

Thanks, Roger.  That was very helpful.

Bill


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