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On Friday, August 26, 2011 05:08:08 PM 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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> suggestions are most welcome. |
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> I'm looking for suggestions better than: |
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> eix <package> one at a time.... |
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Got a few ideas: |
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You can have "eix" give details for all the packages in a "group" in one go |
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though. Try: |
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# eix sci-chemistry/ |
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(Yes, use a training slash "/" ) |
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To install all the packages in "sci-chemistry/" you can do the following: |
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# emerge -va `eix sci-chemistry/ --only-names` |
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Be prepared to have to unmask a lot of packages. |
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To get a list of all the sci-chemistry/ packages installed (eg. still to check |
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and/or already selected to keep: |
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# eix -I --only-names sci-chemistry/ |
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Hope these help with what you're trying to do. |
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Joost |