Gentoo install portage manually

 · Manual install of base Gentoo Linux x86_64 with openrc (init) and uefi using minimal installation cd. Here we are going to show the minimum steps to install a base Gentoo Linux on your computer – server or desktop using “Minimal Installation CD”. The installation ISO CD is generated on , but you can use an older or newer one, this guide uses . Use PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT to specify the location for various portage configuration files (see FILES for a detailed list of configuration files). This variable can be set via the --config-root option. However, it is now superseded by the SYSROOT variable and can only be given if its value matches SYSROOT or if ROOT=/.  · Posted: Sun am Post subject: [solved] set PORTAGE_BUILDDIR after manually install portage.

The basic Gentoo system is downloaded as a stage3 archive. This chapter explains how to download and extract the archive, and also how to configure Portage, Gentoo's package management program. Installing the Gentoo base system After installing and configuring the stage3, the base system is set up so that a minimal environment is available. Gentoo is installed by manually partitioning a device, extracting a stage3 tarball, extracting a portage snapshot, compiling a kernel, installing a bootloader, and then configuring various files that are needed to get it up and running. In those regards, it is somewhat similar to installing Debian with debootstrap, Fedora with febootstrap, or. Use PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT to specify the location for various portage configuration files (see FILES for a detailed list of configuration files). This variable can be set via the --config-root option. However, it is now superseded by the SYSROOT variable and can only be given if its value matches SYSROOT or if ROOT=/.

Not all software present in the Gentoo repository will be immediately available to install with the emerge command. Software that is broken, for one reason or another, is masked and needs to be explicitly unmasked if it really must be installed. If ever this were to occur, there are ways Portage can be recovered, however, because Portage is so central, re-installation is a rather involved operation, requiring manual intervention to, in effect, install a package manager without having a functioning package manager. See Fix my Gentoo for details on emergency installation via binary packages. Update the /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/www.doorway.ru file to match personal preference and save (nano users would hit Ctrl+x). Then continue with Installing the Gentoo base system. Chrooting Optional: Selecting mirrors Distribution files. In order to download source code quickly it is recommended to select a fast mirror.