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intendedacceleration
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 Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:15 am Post subject: Error on emerge system step of install |
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Ok step by step I have seemed to have solved all my own problems with installing so far, except this one.
I sucessfully bootstrapped the system, now I am trying to run emerge system but it fails everytime because it can't find the host it is trying to download from. How can I change this host and where can I find a list of the hosts availible?
Thank you!
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Dracnor
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:31 am Post subject: |
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which package is it having problems downloading?
you can try (from the install doc): | Code: | (To select a mirror automatically:)
# mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
(To select a mirror interactively:)
# mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
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you can download the package manually from a different location as well using wget or whatever else and put it in the /usr/portage/distfiles/ directory. |
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intendedacceleration
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| Dracnor wrote: | which package is it having problems downloading?
you can try (from the install doc): | Code: | (To select a mirror automatically:)
# mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
(To select a mirror interactively:)
# mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
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you can download the package manually from a different location as well using wget or whatever else and put it in the /usr/portage/distfiles/ directory. |
Well that step work this late on in the install or do I have to go back and re-bootstrap my system? I thought it just used that make.config file for the bootstrap, but I am probably wrong.
I tried typing the command mirrorselect and it didn't find it. Do I have to be in a specific directory to run that? |
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butters
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:55 am Post subject: |
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/etc/make.conf is where most settings for configuring portage are located. Among these is a variable called "GENTOO_MIRRORS" which sets your mirrors. Try adding the following line to your /etc/make.conf:
| Code: | | GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" |
Once your system is installed, you can worry about mirrorselect and finding fast mirrors.
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intendedacceleration
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| butters wrote: | /etc/make.conf is where most settings for configuring portage are located. Among these is a variable called "GENTOO_MIRRORS" which sets your mirrors. Try adding the following line to your /etc/make.conf:
| Code: | | GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" |
Once your system is installed, you can worry about mirrorselect and finding fast mirrors. |
Hmmm..... I think I got a little closer but that gave me a 404. Any other sites I can try? |
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cyrillic
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