meta-packages ? Is there such beast ?

raptor · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 171

Hi is it possible to create a meta package i.e. a file where I can describe what packages I want and instead of doing :

emerge pkg1
emerge pkg2
emerge pkg3

I can do :

emerge meta-pkg

and it takes care of all... also to be able to do :

emerge -f meta-pkg

In fact I most probably will do :

emerge -f meta-pkg
emerge pkg1
emerge pkg2
emerge pkg3

This is similar to the other distros which have Desktop, Internet workstation, Server, etc installs....
If they don't exist :

/usr/portage/meta

seems a good place :")

rac · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 7:04 pm Post subject:

It sounds like the KDE ebuild is similar to what you are looking for - it just depends on a bunch of other stuff to pull it all in. Whether or not you could get different Gentoo users to agree on what goes in "desktop" is a completely different issue, however. :wink:

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KiTaSuMbA · Guru Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 430 Location: Naples Italy

but he could use it on a personal basis... which I believe was his initial idea :-)

Suppose you have to build and maintain a series of boxes... You create the same "meta-ebuild" and there you have it.....
just one command per box
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raptor · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2002 Posts: 171

yes ..
And for Gentoo wide meta packages if somebody don't like the Gentoo-maintainer selection ... he always can comment and/or add new package to the selection...
I think such thing can be just a plain text file with names...