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Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:34:13 -0800 (PST)
From: "Steven S." <stupendoussteve@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A new experience an account on gentoo without
root priv
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On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I have an account on a gentoo machine but no root privs. Is there
> some allowance using emerge to install software in ~/
>
>
Not that I know of. I believe you have to be root to use emerge. You
should be able to cat the ebuild and download the tarball yourself, you
could then run the configure and install scripts, giving it the location
of where to install.
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