Re: [tlug] Gentoo

["emiddleton@example.com" <emiddleton@example.com>]

Phillip Tribble wrote:
> Edward Middleton wrote:
> > Phillip Tribble wrote:
> > > I tried to install Gentoo last night and I realized that you have to 
> > > download everything separately from gentoo-portage.com. Is there a 
> > > program that automatically fetches ebuilds and installs them without 
> > > compiling?
> I have portage installed ok. I am trying to avoid compiling everything 
> and install binaries.

Maybe you could explain what you have done.  Obviously if you have 
finished the install there shouldn't be anything that needs compiling.  
There is a setting PORTAGE_BINHOST in /etc/make.conf which you can use 
to set the binary server, and emerge options --usepkg and --usepkgonly 
which you can use to force binary packages to be used.

Edward