xorg-x11 binary install

Yuusou · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 178 Location: Canada

okay, tell me if this works the way I think it does:

emerge -f xorg-x11

then put it in a directory

export PKGDIR="directory"

emerge --usepkgonly xorg-x11

which then installs the binary package and doesn't compile it...right? Tell me if I'm wrong, but is that how it works? If you're wondering why, it's cause of lacking disk space and I'm not willing to buy a new hd XD It's a complicated story, so don't ask XD. Just tell me if that works the way I think it does XD Thanks

Headrush · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:11 am Post subject:

No. The emerge -f option grabs the source for that package, not a binary package, and stores it in /usr/portage/distfiles.
(Assuming you haven't altered the standard portage location)

The proper way:

You set PKGDIR in /etc/make.conf. (Normally /usr/portage/packages)

Then you find a binary package, like on the Gentoo Packages CD, and place it in the directory you set PKGDIR to in /etc/make.conf.

Now