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Michael [Plouj] Ploujnikov wrote: |
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> On 3/10/07, Chris <cjw2004d@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> I will begin by stating my problem. I have the source code (in |
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>> *.tar.bz2 format) for a couple of pieces of software that are not in the |
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>> Portage tree at all. I would like to compile and install them in such a |
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>> way that I can use them, and even so Portage recognizes them. |
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> You most likely want to install that software in /usr/local as per |
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> Gentoo's filesystem layout [1]. The way you can do that with |
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> autotoolized software is like this: |
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> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local |
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> make |
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> make install |
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> I don't know what you mean by making Portage recognize the software |
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> installed this way. Do you want Portage to be able to uninstall and/or |
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> upgrade this software? If so, the simple answer is you it can't do |
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> that. You have to manage the software outside of Portage yourself. |
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That's exactly right, which is why it goes into /usr/local. You can however |
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notify portage that you have a certain package on your system |
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with /etc/portage/package.provided - I used this for that kde-env script |
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that was moved last year, as certain pkgs in the tree still depended on its |
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ebuild, but it had been moved to kde-libs (which it blocked.) I unmerged it |
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to get kde-libs, and put an entry in package.provided for pkgs which still |
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had a dependency on it. Once the tree had all been updated I deleted the |
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entry. |
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package.provided |
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A list of packages (one per line) that portage should assume have been |
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provided. Useful for porting to non-Linux systems. Portage will not |
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attempt to update a package that is listed here unless another package |
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explicitly requires a version that is newer than what has been listed. |
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So in that sense portage will recognise the software for dependency |
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calculation. You should be aware of that last bit; I recommend reading man |
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portage for more explanation. (Oh and man -k is useful if you've not heard |
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of it.) |
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HTH, |
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steveL |
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