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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage question
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:39:01
Message-Id: 4448A6F3.5090604@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] portage question by Dan LaMotte
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4 Dan LaMotte wrote:
5 > anyone know if you can compile something locally into your home
6 > directory using portage without being root?
7 >
8 > basically what I want to accomplish is like...
9 >
10 > ROOT=/home/lamotte/compile emerge openssh
11 >
12 > or
13 >
14 > ebuild /path/to/ebuild/ merge
15 >
16 >
17 > I would basically like to be able to install something without being
18 > root into a local home directory.
19 >
20 > I hope this makes sense.
21 >
22 > Thanks.
23 >
24
25 The "prefix" branch of portage can do that. There are some instructions here:
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27 http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage-prefix
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29 Zac
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