Re: [gentoo-user] newbie install - emerge: command not found

[Assaf Urieli <assaf@joli-ciel.com>]

Holly Bostick wrote:

>>So, when I restart, everything looks allright. Grub asks me to choose
>>Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-r6, which I do. I can then login fine.
>>But when I try to run the emerge command, I get:
>>emerge: command not found (no surprise, it's not in /bin).
>>
>>Have I missed a step?
>>    
>>
>
>Are you trying to run emerge as a user? It can only be run as root
>('command not found' often indicates that, assuming that the application
>is installed, which in this case we know it is. The command cannot be
>found in the user's $PATH-- because and so that the user cannot use it--
>but in root's $PATH).
>  
>
Nope, I tried to create a user, but the adduser command couldn't be
found either. Neither can the find and whereis commands.

>So if you missed a step, it was the step of su-ing to root before trying
>to run emerge.
>
>HTH,
>Holly
>  
>
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