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roamingnomad
11-27-2003, 01:43 AM
(in case you saw my two earlier posts, I decided to do an easier stage2 install and it went smoothly.)
I have just completed a stage2 gentoo installation. However-- There is a small (okay, more like HUGE) problem.
I don't have hardly any programs!:eek:
No X, no links, not much at all. I thought, "Well, maybe my emerge system didn't quite work!" When running emerge system again, it reported that there were no new packages/upgrades to be installed.
A few minutes ago I got done with a very long 'emerge links' and tested it, rebooted to Windows to post.
My question is, why didn't X and those other things get installed?
When I boot up, X does not start and startx does nothing. 'locate startx' or 'locate x' don't give me where I could run X. I didn't even have links! (but then I ran 'emerge links' and it took an eternity, but now I have it.)
What should I run to get x??? 'emerge x' didn't work, but should I do 'emerge xfree86' or something like that??? My family needs to use the computer, so I don't want to start something that won't help.
Any and all help will be apreciated, especially since right now I'm pretty much stuck with Windows.
TheSpeedoBeast
11-27-2003, 02:24 AM
Not positive, 'cause I am on slack right now, but I do not believe that emerge system is SUPPOSED to install anything but the bare minimum to start up your linux box; X, lynx, etc. all have to be emerged separately. 'How do I do that then', you may ask! Well, "emerge -s foopackage" will give you package names and descriptions, so a search for 'x' or whatnot should yield you with an emerge package name, which I believe is xfree. "emerge xfree" will commence the installation process for you, but beware of huge compile times!! Let me know how that turns out...
zmerlinz
11-27-2003, 07:15 AM
RTFM is always a good start :p
i found that reading the tutorials on gentoo's site really good
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml
you will need to read this one to setup X etc
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml
and yes beware of long emerge times
Originally posted by roamingnomad
I have just completed a stage2 gentoo installation. However-- There is a small (okay, more like HUGE) problem.
I don't have hardly any programs!:eek:
No X, no links, not much at all. I thought, "Well, maybe my emerge system didn't quite work!" When running emerge system again, it reported that there were no new packages/upgrades to be installed.
A few minutes ago I got done with a very long 'emerge links' and tested it, rebooted to Windows to post.
My question is, why didn't X and those other things get installed?
it's supposed to be like that. please read the documentation on the Gentoo web site re: how to install XFree.
(emerge xfree)
you will also need to emerge kde or gnome if you use them.
roamingnomad
11-27-2003, 01:54 PM
oh! I thought that 'emerge system' installed stuff like X and Gnome! (no wonder it was so fast!)
Thanks! I'm off to go try it.... after I make sure my familly won't be needing the computer.... :rolleyes:
roamingnomad
11-27-2003, 10:37 PM
Bwahaha, I'm done compiling X!!! It's so awesome!!! And I got a working config file! Bwahahaha!!!
Right now I'm compiling Gnome, then comes Mozilla (though Links actually isn't bad, somehow they made it so if Links is in an xterm window you can CLICK (!) on the links instead of scrolling down to them!).
Also Links in the xterm has a smaller font, and so it makes reading documents easier.
Yeah. And thanks for the help. I was a little lost there.
Also, I'd like to tell all the newbies out there that searching does work. I found my exact monitor specs at www.monitorworld.com! (who would have ever thought there would be a monitorworld.com????)
mengle
11-29-2003, 12:10 AM
Congrats Roaming Nomad!
I'm finalizing the list of programs to emerge after the long process of a Stage 1 install myself (started over a week ago). I still can't believe that I did it. Just a word of warning: emerging OpenOffice and likely gnome (not certain, I use kde) will take a very, very long time.
I have to say that I really like this emerge system. Even easier than RPM's.
P.S. to "emerge gentoolkit" almost immdeiately. After that for anything else you want to emerge type "etcat -u nameofpackage" and it will tell you what all the USE flags do for that particular package. Very helpful.
roamingnomad
11-29-2003, 12:23 AM
Thanks. And yes, emerge rules. My dad even said, "Hey, you know, you could probably write a shell script or something that would do all that." Another time, he critisized Linux because of all the dependency problems.
No more searching around for those programs!
Oh, yeah, and right now I'm staying at one of my mom's friend's house (with the family). Away for 1 and 1/2 days, plus the nights. Plenty of time for those programs! :D
X_console
12-01-2003, 01:51 PM
By the way, in some cases, you can install everything really fast simply by emerging a certain package with the dependencies you need. Eg: if I don't have X or anything else and I do emerge opera, this will build X, Qt, etc, etc, and I don't have to worry about anything else except a window manager. Gentoo rocks. :D