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lars_the_bear
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 Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 6:53 am Post subject: [solved] Why I aren't I getting binaries? |
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Hi folks
I'm trying to understand why I'm not getting binary packages when I do `emerge`, even when binaries seem to exist in the Gentoo binary repository, and I've set my system up (I think) to use them.
For example, I tried:
| Code: | emerge --getbinpkgonly --ask media-video/ffmpeg
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and was told
| Code: | | emerge: there are no binary packages to satisfy "media-video/ffmpeg" |
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I believe everything is set up for binary packages and, in fact, some things do get installed as binaries. But the really huge packages don't.
I looked in (what I take to be) the Gentoo binhost mirror that I'm set up to use:
| Code: | | https://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/amd64/binpackages/23.0/x86-64/media-video/ffmpeg/ |
and I see a bunch of files with names like:
| Code: | | ffmpeg-6.1.1-r8-3.gpkg.tar |
I have the .ebuild file that (I think) matches this version:
| Code: | | /var/db/repos/gentoo/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-6.1.1-r8.ebuild |
If I don't use `--getbinpkgonly` then `emerge` builds from source.
How can I figure out why `emerge` won't install the binary?
BR, Lars.
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lars_the_bear
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 7:50 am Post subject: |
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OK, I've figured it out. I have two files in `/etc/portage/binrepos.conf` -- one for the official Gentoo binhost, and one for my private binhost. But it seems that Portage will only use one at a time. At least, that's what I see when I run `emerge --info`. In order to use the official Gentoo binhost, I have to remove the configuration for my own.
Is this expected behaviour? How can I use multiple binhosts?
BR, Lars. |
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Chiitoo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:36 am Post subject: |
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How exactly are the repositories defined?
Per 'man portage':
| Code: | priority
Specifies priority of given repository. When a package exists in multiple repositories, those with higher priority are preferred. |
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lars_the_bear
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Chiitoo wrote: | How exactly are the repositories defined?
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OK, I've figured it out. When I set this up, I copied the Gentoo binhost definition in the documentation twice -- once for the Gentoo binhost and once again for my own. I used the name `[gentoobinhost]` for both. So the one that was read last was the one that got used.
I didn't know that 'gentoobinhost' was the name of something -- I thought it was just a section key, like we had in Windows .ini files. To be fair, having re-read the documentation more thoroughly, I can see that the thing in the brackets is a name. I just didn't spot this the first time around.
I still can't install the binary, because I have `USE=-pulseaudio`. But at least I understand why.
BR, Lars. |
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