Re: [gentoo-user] ncurses; I think I wrecked my fresh install

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 11:52:21PM +0100, tastytea wrote
> 
> Bash depends on readline. If readline was built with USE="unicode" it
> depends on ncurses[unicode]. Try `chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/busybox sh`.
> Busybox doesn't depend on readline so that should work. However,
> portage uses bash for ebuilds if I'm not mistaken. If you have a
> computer with a compatible CPU and unicode disabled you could quickpkg
> bash there and try to install it on the new computer. Or maybe copying
> /bin/bash over is enough.
> 
> unicode is one of the useflags that are a real pain to disable after
> install. :-(

  I did another install<G>. At the very beginning, after selecting
profile I emerged gentoolkit, and used it to track down additional
dependencies.  I put "-unicode" in USE in make.conf and eventually ended
up running...

emerge -1 readline
emerge -1 nano procps util-linux
emerge -1 ncurses

  Note: the order is extremely important.  This was just before the
point where the manual said to run...

emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse @world

...which emerged 24 items, and would likely have led to more dependencies.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications