Replacing binary packages with source packages

glassjos · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 12

Is there a way to replace binary packages with source packages? I did a GRP install and emerged a few binary packages, I'd like to remove them and replace them with source packages if possible so I don't have to spend so much time running fixpackages. Where can I look to see what binary packages I have installed, can I just emerge unmerge them and them re-emerge them?

Thanks.

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20589

Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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dpowers · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 119

free bump because I want to know the answer too.

Genone · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 7:08 am Post subject:

Just delete the binary packages from /usr/portage/packages/All, no need to re-emerge anything just for fixpackages.

Chris W · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:41 am Post subject:

I have half a dozen files in the /usr/portage/packaes/All directory but I have never built or installed a binary package. Any idea how they got there?

glassjos · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 12

Thanks Genone,

I finally got around to removing my binary packages from /usr/portage/packages/All/ and now fixpackages runs in seconds.

Thanks!