[gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[billyd]

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I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1  trying to get it 
installed using genkernel.  I am a little beyond newbie  with linux 
but still in a steep learning curve.   I am at the point in this 
installation where I can start installing packages.  The handbook 
uses kde as an example.

My question:  Is there an order in which packages need to be 
installed.  For example, should x11-xorg be installed before kde?

Thanks,
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Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[Yoandy Rodriguez]

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The gentoo portage (tha packages install system) automatically resolves
dependencies so... if you try to install a package, it goes and install
everything needed by that package, if you do an emerge kde it downloads
xorg-x11, qt, and everything else
On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 16:39 -0500, billyd wrote:
> I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it installed
> using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with linux but still in a
> steep learning curve. I am at the point in this installation where I
> can start installing packages. The handbook uses kde as an example.
> 
> My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be installed.
> For example, should x11-xorg be installed before kde?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> 
> BDW
> 
> billydw@insightbb.com
> 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[billyd]

On Wednesday 05 October 2005 04:47 pm, Yoandy Rodriguez wrote:
> The gentoo portage (tha packages install system) automatically
> resolves dependencies so... if you try to install a package, it
> goes and install everything needed by that package, if you do an
> emerge kde it downloads xorg-x11, qt, and everything else
>
> On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 16:39 -0500, billyd wrote:
> > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1 trying to get it
> > installed using genkernel. I am a little beyond newbie with
> > linux but still in a steep learning curve. I am at the point in
> > this installation where I can start installing packages. The
> > handbook uses kde as an example.
> >
> > My question: Is there an order in which packages need to be
> > installed. For example, should x11-xorg be installed before
> > kde?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> >
> > BDW
> >
> > billydw@insightbb.com

Thanks for the quick reply.  I knew that some dependencies would be 
resolved, but in the case of x11-xorg, I wasn't sure.  It does make 
sense, but when you get to be my age you know that just because 
something makes sense, doesn't mean it will turn out that way!

Thanks again.
BDW

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Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[Roger Miliker]

On Wednesday 05 October 2005 23:39, billyd wrote:
> I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1  trying to get it
> installed using genkernel.  I am a little beyond newbie  with linux
> but still in a steep learning curve.   I am at the point in this
> installation where I can start installing packages.  The handbook
> uses kde as an example.
>
> My question:  Is there an order in which packages need to be
> installed.  For example, should x11-xorg be installed before kde?
>
> Thanks,

Then handbook part you are referring to means the packages from the packages 
iso. The correct command would be emerge --usepkg kde-meta (to use the 
binaries off the packages.iso). portage takes care of the dependencies of 
packages automatically, so it will install xorg-x11 before anything that 
needs it like kde.

If you haven't done a networkless install (stage3, snapshot, packages.iso, no 
emerge --sync) it works the same way except it downloads and compiles things.

So in short: no need for a special order, since portage/emerge takes care of 
the dependencies for you.

Roger
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Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[billyd]

On Wednesday 05 October 2005 05:00 pm, Roger Miliker wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 October 2005 23:39, billyd wrote:
> > I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1  trying to get it
> > installed using genkernel.  I am a little beyond newbie  with
> > linux but still in a steep learning curve.   I am at the point
> > in this installation where I can start installing packages. 
> > The handbook uses kde as an example.
> >
> > My question:  Is there an order in which packages need to be
> > installed.  For example, should x11-xorg be installed before
> > kde?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> Then handbook part you are referring to means the packages from
> the packages iso. The correct command would be emerge --usepkg
> kde-meta (to use the binaries off the packages.iso). portage
> takes care of the dependencies of packages automatically, so it
> will install xorg-x11 before anything that needs it like kde.
>
> If you haven't done a networkless install (stage3, snapshot,
> packages.iso, no emerge --sync) it works the same way except it
> downloads and compiles things.
>
> So in short: no need for a special order, since portage/emerge
> takes care of the dependencies for you.
>
> Roger

Thanks, Roger.  That was very helpful.

Bill


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Re: [gentoo-user] Install Order for Packages?

[Brett I. Holcomb]

Gentoo figures out the dependencies so if you try and install KDE and X is 
not installed it will install X first.  Do emerge packagename -p and it 
will 
tell you what it will install.

  On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, billyd wrote:

> I've been playing around with Gentoo 2005.1  trying to get it
> installed using genkernel.  I am a little beyond newbie  with linux
> but still in a steep learning curve.   I am at the point in this
> installation where I can start installing packages.  The handbook
> uses kde as an example.
>
> My question:  Is there an order in which packages need to be
> installed.  For example, should x11-xorg be installed before kde?
>
> Thanks,
>

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