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On 3/9/06, Jim <Jim@×××××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Hey group, |
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> I am a long time Linux user, however I am new to Gentoo. I used Red |
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> Hat/Fedora for many years, then my own Linux based on LFS and the last |
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> year I have been using Ubuntu. |
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> I really like Ubuntu because of apt, however I have had frustrations |
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> with Ubuntu because it could be a pain to get newer versions of packages |
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> installed. For example Ubuntu defaulted to Apache 1.x for mod_mono. |
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> I have now been using Gentoo for a few days and I am running into some |
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> issues I hope this group can help with. At first emerge was trying to |
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> merge some really old packages. For example I wanted mysql 5.x, php 5.x |
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> and Apache 2.x and Gentoo was only going to install mysql 4.x. I did |
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> find out about ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" which has helped with getting more |
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> recent versions of software installed. |
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Welcome!!! |
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> I am looking for any good links, tips, suggestions of admin software to |
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> emerge, etc to help me learn the ins-and-outs of Gentoo. I have tons of |
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> questions but don't know where to look. Well, I can google but that |
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> takes ages and I was hoping many of you on this list will have a nice |
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> set of bookmarks on gentoo admin, handy gentoo software, tips etc. |
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http://www.gentoo.org -> Docs |
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Lots of info, migrating guides, howtos, and initial setup. |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/ |
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Any doubts, search first, ask later... |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/ |
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LOTS of specific, hardware, software and configuration related topics. |
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> Some tasks I could do in Fedora/Ubuntu that I want to know how to do on |
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> Gentoo: |
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> See list of all *installed* software. |
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kuroo is good, porthole seemed to do that too, but it segfault in one |
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of my system. |
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> Browse available software that can be installed. |
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http://packages.gentoo.org |
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> See what version of a particular software package is installed. |
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eix <package> |
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> See if any new versions of *installed* software are available. |
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emerge -u world -pv |
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Also take a look at man emerge, man portage and the use of packages.* |
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files. Avoid setting stuff at command line, like ACCEPT_KEYWORDS for |
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example, use /etc/portage/packages.keywords. |
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Daniel da Veiga |
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Computer Operator - RS - Brazil |
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