Would it be possible to install portage on other linux OSes

[grapefruithoarder2000]

Hello gentoo community! This is my first post. Maybe a stupid one but its been on my mind for quite a while now. Would it be possible to install portage on another linux os?

Like for example on an LFS installation? Now i know that this is kind of stupid because your essentially just turning it into gentoo in the end anyway. But... I like stupid stuff

I dont need a tutorial but if you were to try it (asking for a friend ) where would you start?

[NeddySeagoon]

grapefruithoarder2000,

Welcome to Gentoo.

"Because I can" is as good a reason to do something as any other.

Installing portage on LFS is like installing any other package there.
Install the dependencies, install portage.

Using it is a different matter altogether. You didn't ask about that.
Portage keeps track of every file installed on the system. That's in /var/db/pkg/
After you install portage on LFS, portage will have lost its mind. More exactly, it will have been born without one.
The profiles provided in the ::gentoo repo are some useful defaults too. You will want them.

You didn't ask about the repo(s) but you will need the ::gentoo repo

All in all, a new Gentoo install will be faster that trying to convert LFS but that's not a reason to avoid it.
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[szatox]

Yes, by the time you're done, it will just be another gentoo with unnecessarily difficult upbringing.
There are some tutorials for in-place conversion from another distro. Perhaps this wiki article could be useful:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Replace_a_Linux_installation_with_Gentoo_in-place

Haven't read it; such conversion is an inherently stupid idea, since there are many things that can go wrong in very obscure ways, but fun is fun. Go ahead and enjoy your journey.
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