Code Listing 14: Copy over source code (step)

[niamain]

# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/portafe/distfiles
# cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles

i did this but all i get back is this

cp: cannot stat `/mnt/cdrom/distfiles/*' : No such file or dir.

i think it is because for some reason i can not get thing off the cdrom like the stage or the portage i had to dl online anyone know what i should do?


thx for any help


I look here dir /mnt/cdrom
and the only files that are on there are

Getting_Online.txt, README.txt, image.squashfs, isolinux, livecd

i am totaly missing this distfiles dir do i need it or what?


- NiamaiN <---- gentoo/linux NOOB

[frostschutz]

The distfiles folder contains files that have been downloaded from the internet. If you have a decent internet connection and don't mind letting Portage / emerge download required files, you do not need to put anything into distfiles, i.e. you can skip this copy distfiles step. Otherwise, you can try to locate the distfiles folder on your CD by using 'find', e.g.

[niamain]

i already DL'ed the portage from the internet not sure what you mean by leting it emerge it though...

last step i did was this not sure if this is what you mean.

# tar xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-<date>.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

[frostschutz]

'emerge' is part of Portage; it is the tool that lets you install any software, for example KDE, or mplayer, or whatever. To install software, emerge will try to download the source packages from the internet. The downloaded source code tarballs will be put into the 'distfiles' folder. They can be deleted after installation, and will be re-downloaded when you re-install the package. In other words, you do not need to copy files into the distfiles folder, it just means that files that are not there will be downloaded when required, that's all.