Easy Gentoo - Gentoo Installation Script

yagami · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:39 pm Post subject:

shdcn:

Congrats on these developments.

Currently i have no need to install gentoo, had a month ago or so. But i think this is great value for Gentoo.

What can i do to help ?

yagami · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:42 pm Post subject:

PS:

The way you are developing the "gentoo easy install" is pretty much what i want.

From a quick look, the profile configuration is very nice.

Maybe a global profile that has a set of profiles, more like "normal gentoo profile" ( like packages and user and normal stuff ) and a "hardware gentoo profile" where one would configure the machine hardware

Also support maybe for a world package, so one would only specify a world package and it would install.

It would be nice if later on, we would have "Gentoo community editions", where we could exchange profiles and it would "recreate the edition".

Will take a look more closelly when I get out from work!

shdcn · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:07 pm Post subject:

Thank you yagami, for your support

I'd like to hear pros/cons and any ideas like the ones you named. Cause I'm not really sure about what to do next on my script. It has too much code and functions need some organizing. Maybe a rewrite from scratch is what I should do.
I'll think of something when I have enough time. Anyways, happy to see positive feedback, thank you again for that.

elmie · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:35 am Post subject:

this is awesome script. thanks for coming up with one.

I must admit after installing/reinstall Gentoo a few hundred times the process does get tiring. and this script will speed things up.
Although as others has suggested that installing it is the whole point of the exercise, which is true, but when you're the admin and you already know your stuff or at least know how to install Gentoo. you sometimes just don't have time nor care to go through the processes again.

elmie · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:37 am Post subject:

this is awesome script. thanks for coming up with one.

I must admit after installing/reinstall Gentoo a few hundred times the process does get tiring. and this script will speed things up.
Although as others has suggested that installing it is the whole point of the exercise, which is true, but when you're the admin and you already know your stuff or at least know how to install Gentoo. you sometimes just don't have time nor care to go through the processes again.

yagami · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:30 am Post subject:

Some ideas about the instalation script :

Could some package instalations be automatic by portage ( as there seems to be lots of specified packages toinstall on easygentoo script file ).

The profile file is nice, very good. Could there be a way of specifying the USE flags manually ? ( thinking an config file for use flags, like mylaptop, myworkcomputer, mydesktop) and then just referencing them on the profile ?.

add an option to create binpkg and march=x86, does almost making perfect for reinstalation on alot of computers.

what do you think ?

shdcn · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject:

You're welcome elmie, hope it helps you more than you think ^^

@yagami
* I think you mean "using emerge xfce4-meta is better than using emerge xorg-server; emerge eselect-fontconfig fontconfig mesa-progs setxkbmap; emerge xfce4-meta xfce4-notifyd". You may be right. I will check if it works ok that way.
* Specifying USE flags should not be that hard, we just need duplicate/opposite check to avoid conflicts. I'll be working on that.
* I have never used binary packages and have zero knowledge about them. I will try to learn and test your suggestion too.

Thank you both for your feedback.

yagami · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:20 pm Post subject:

Oniryczny · Guru Joined: 01 Dec 2011 Posts: 419 Location: Poland

Will this script work with my (extremally) old laptop, Toshiba 1800-804 with 512MB SDRAM and serial mouse?
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shdcn · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:59 pm Post subject:

Hi Oniryczny;
I didn't have a chance to test it on old computers but evdev should detect your serial mouse without problems. Low RAM shouldn't be on your way but you will have long compile times. I think (hope) it will work fine with your laptop.

yagami I'm testing binary package creation/usage and user specified USE flags right now, everything looks fine. I'll add these options soon. Should have done that by now but I don't have much free time.

DeckedSpring67 · n00b Joined: 14 May 2014 Posts: 8

Sorry dude, it fails while trying to merge udev coz systemd
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Pednick · n00b Joined: 19 Nov 2014 Posts: 21

Any chance you going to fix that: "Installation failed due to compile error. Package: sys-fs/udev-216. Easygentoo will exit now." error? Would like to really try your script.

shdcn · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:13 pm Post subject:

I've fixed some issues and made some nice improvements. Still testing it but looks like that udev problem is gone. I just had a basic i686 install, it finished without errors.
I'll make a better list of changes later but for now, some new additions to profile variables:
createbin (yes/no)
if enabled, creates binary packages from compilations
usebinfrom (target directory)
if enabled (non-empty), uses binary packages from target directory for installation (instead of compiling them)
userflags (flags you want to include/exclude)
if enabled (non-empty), merges these flags with default flagset
netadap (network adapter name)
Easy Gentoo uses that network adapter (instead of trying to find one), default is empty (auto)

example:
createbin no
usebinfrom /mybinarypkgs
userflags -X dvdr -crypt
netadap eth2

Pednick · n00b Joined: 19 Nov 2014 Posts: 21

All went fine, made a stupid mistake at first, excellent script thank you once again.

.v0ti · n00b Joined: 23 Feb 2015 Posts: 1

I do not know English, sorry

where the fault lies in the script? does not charge stage 3 ... with no mirror

* Getting latest tarball name...
Latest tarball:

* Downloading stage3-amd64 tarball...
--2015-02-23 23:14:36-- http://gentoo.mirror.pw.edu.pl/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20140508/
Resolving gentoo.mirror.pw.edu.pl... 194.29.128.2
Connecting to gentoo.mirror.pw.edu.pl|194.29.128.2|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3148 (3.1K) [text/html]
Saving to: ‘20140508’

100%[===============================================================>] 3,148 --.-K/s in 0.002s

2015-02-23 23:14:37 (1.30 MB/s) - ‘20140508’ saved [3148/3148]

Checking tarball integrity...
We are having trouble downloading from current mirror.

Switching to another mirror...

We are having trouble downloading from current mirror.

Switching to another mirror...

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Nuklear · n00b Joined: 03 Nov 2014 Posts: 5

Hi
I tried your script but i have som troubles that i don't understand and i don't know to fix them.
Two questions:

1. i made my partition with gparted but when the script begin, it display this message or something like this:

Ftroop · n00b Joined: 17 Jan 2015 Posts: 4

Hi not sure if this is still going but tried it a couple of times and it exits on cant fint mkefs.
Any ideas?
Cheers

timofonic · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 16

Hello.

I found this 20 June 2016 fork, but not sure if it works. I'm under a broken Linux system and made a backup. I want to install Gentoo again, but I fogot lots of stuff so this is too time consuming for my rusty skills...

https://github.com/sleepdragon/easygentoo

Any news?

Kind regards.

devnullius · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2017 Posts: 4

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:18 pm Post subject:

devnullius,

You appear to be learning that there is no Easy Gentoo.

As you say, time for the handbook. Following the handbook for your install will give you some knowledge you can get no other way.
You will learn how to maintain your Gentoo.
That's important because if you trash it while you learn, that's actually quite difficult, you don't lose any valuable user data that you might not have backed up.

Go to the bathroom and look in the mirror. You will see the Gentoo installer there.
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devnullius · n00b Joined: 19 Apr 2017 Posts: 4