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On 08/26/2011 10:08 AM, James wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> In /usr/portage/sci-chemistry, there are lots |
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> of software offerings. My son is new to Gentoo |
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> but now I let him go root and install packages. |
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> Does Gentoo maintain an online index with brief |
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> description of each so one can make a guess as to |
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> which packages might be useful to him? |
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> Is there some slick way to install all of the packages |
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> in this dir? (drawing a blank --most-likely-TGIF-syndrome) |
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> and then go down a list (index) and test which ones |
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> he would want to keep? |
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My fave: |
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eix -c -C x11-wm |
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or in your case: |
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eix -c -C sci-chemistry |
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little -c gives a compact listing for you. |
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