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Ryan Tandy wrote: |
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> Jed R. Mallen wrote: |
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>> hello, |
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>> i've got a gentoo box with no internet connection at home. |
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>> i have broadband at the office, but running WinXP. |
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>> can i download the portage tree updates at the office, copy it to my |
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>> gentoo box, install packages i want but make it output links of the |
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>> needed packages instead of trying to download the pkgs, bring the list |
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>> of links at work, then download the pkgs there? |
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>> is this possible? |
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>> thanks much |
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> Try 'emerge -fpuDN world'. WARNING: The list will likely be VERY long. |
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> It'll output multiple possible sources for each file - any one will do |
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> although the first one listed is likely to be the fastest. |
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> As for the portage tree update, simply download |
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> snapshots/portage-latest.tbz2' from your favorite mirror, untar it to |
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> /usr/portage, and run emerge --metadata (<-- important!) to update your |
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> tree. |
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> HTH. |
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There is also an article about this on gentoo-wiki: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Downloading_distfiles_on_another_machine |
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But I never tried it myself. |
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