GUI Installers

DEaigo · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 2:50 am Post subject: GUI Installers

Please link me to some GUI installers. So far i have had no luck installing.

iswm · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 3:02 am Post subject:

If you follow the install guide closely you shouldn't have any trouble installing. As far as GUI installers go, I don't think there are any. I've heard of one before, but I can't remember what it was called and if it was ever released or not, although I may be wrong -- a google search should tell.

s3ntient · Guru Joined: 13 Apr 2003 Posts: 304 Location: Lyon, France

You could always try the Gentoo Linux Install Script. Probably as close as you'll get..
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DEaigo · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 4:48 am Post subject:

Thanks for the link but i'm sure there are more i tried this one with little sucess. http://gentoo.vidalinux.com/?q=node/view/35

Please give me more lins :)

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

There are no official Gentoo GUI installers. You might try the link Zyklon posted. There is also some effort being put into an Anaconda derivative. A search for anaconda or genanaconda will probably turn up the relevant thread.
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Some_Other_Nerd · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:25 pm Post subject:

It doesn't look like the project's doing so well, but here's a link:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/gentooinstaler/?branch_id=48694&release_id=154541
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einstein1981 · Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:57 pm Post subject:

Why would you need a gui installer?

for me the appeal of gentoo, is it's dificult ( not so much the second time) install process. I think even with gui installer i wouldn't use it, for that just pop fedora or mandrake in...
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[SCH]Jebeddo · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 13 Location: New York

sure gentoo is kinda hard to set up the first time, but i have done it twice, and i am fine with it
i mean, its actually fun
follow the guide, its really easy, just make sure to read the whole thing
read the forums on you problems, and have fun saying screw you to windows!

mordred · n00b Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 55

Maybe you could tell us what king of problems you're facing?
When Installing gentoo, I often get problems during gui install with emerge so who knows, maybe there an easy solution that would avoid the use of other methods.
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Rainmaker · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:51 am Post subject:

the problem is that those installers use rpm packages. (yes, rpm)...

these packages are precompiled, giving you absolutely no flexibility whatsoever. The whole point of using Gentoo is a slick, for-your-machine-only compiled and therefore fast system.

You can recomplile everything after installing though using emerge -eD world.

D-M · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 103

Just throwing in my vote of confidence for the Gentoo install directions. They do work. Just follow them step by step and you will be ok.

Also the search feature of the forum and posting question in the forum will be your friend during install. It isnt impossible for someone completely new to Linux to successfully install Gentoo, I know someone who has done it.

Tip for install, know you hardware, exactly which network chard, exactly which chipset, CPU and video card and so on this will really help during the kernel phase. Also pay close attention to the direction for file systems, the kernel and boot loader.

And lastly patients, patients, patients, patients, Gentoo isnt the speediest install around but once you have an install or two under you belt you will be well on your way to learning Linux.

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einstein1981 · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:04 am Post subject: