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

[Ben Munat <bent@munat.com>]

Assaf Urieli wrote:
> 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.
> 

Apologies if this is completely obvious, but you did say "newbie"... :-)

After you "select Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-r6" do you see a lengthy boot process or do you get 
a command line instantly?

It occured to me that you could somehow be getting to the grub command line, which has 
about a dozen commands... definitely no "emerge", "adduser", etc.

Ben

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