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Subject : Re: LUG: Gentoo 10.0 (x86) on IBM ThinkPad T43

From : Josh Hunholz <josh@hunholz.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:42:12 -0500

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No need to grab the portage tree off of a CD.  Assuming you have network connectivity, just do an emerge --sync.  It will take a bit longer, but will get the updated package tree.

While I won't say RTFM, the Gentoo handbook does have a well-documented process of the installation.  It's well worth following as a guide.

--Josh

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Daniel Underwood < daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:
Sara (or anyone else who knows the answer),

Does the minimal CD include the portage tree?  If not, what's the
quickest way to fetch and build xfce once Gentoo is installed?  (Never
used Gentoo before, but I've used FreeBSD for some time.  Just want to
give Gentoo a try.)

At the moment, I don't have time to really dive into the Gentoo
Handbook.  Too many school deadlines this week.  So I apologize if my
questions is a bit "RTFM" :)

Thanks,
Daniel
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Daniel Underwood
North Carolina State University
Graduate Student - Operations Research
email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
phone: XXX.302.3291
web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/