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On Thursday 25 February 2010 05:14:06 ubiquitous1980 wrote: |
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> BRM wrote: |
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> > I am interested in finding a GUI interface for working with portage, |
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> > preferably for KDE4. Namely b/c I am getting a little tired of having |
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> > konsole windows open and not being able to keep track of where I am in |
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> > the emerge update process - something a GUI _ought_ to be able to |
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> > resolve. |
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> > In googling, I noticed Kuroo, but it's no longer maintained (nearly 2 |
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> > years out of date now, so it would have to have been KDE3) so it's been |
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> > understandably removed from mainline portage - though I also noticed |
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> > information on a Kuroo overlay. |
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> > And I also came across Porthole; however, all versions are marked |
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> > Unstable/Testing (~) at the moment. |
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> > Can anyone give some advice on these or others? |
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> > |
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> > Ben |
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> In the case that there is not a GUI tool, why not run as root # tail -f |
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> /var/log/emerge.log |
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> It tells you what is being installed at present |
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> Another, to see what you are downloading is # tail -f |
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> /var/log/emerge-fetch.log |
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Set the terminal up so that it displays the running command in the titlebar. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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