Questions tagged [gentoo]

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Gentoo Linux (/ˈdʒɛntuː/ jen-too)
Gentoo is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and based on the Portage package management system, distributed as free and open source software.

Unlike a conventional software distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen configuration.

Where source-code is available, Portage (the package manager of Gentoo) normally supplies no precompiled binaries, continuing in the tradition of the ports collection. Although for convenience, some software packages (such as Mozilla Firefox and LibreOffice) are also available as precompiled binaries for various architectures where compiling would otherwise be very time consuming.

The development project and its products are named after the fastest-swimming penguin, the Gentoo, to reflect the potential speed improvements of machine-specific optimization. Gentoo package management is designed to be modular, portable, easy to maintain, flexible, and optimized for the user's machine. Gentoo describes itself as a meta-distribution, "because of its near-unlimited adaptability", in that the majority of users have configurations and sets of installed programs which are unique to themselves.

Official Site: http://www.gentoo.org/

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Error installing Gentoo Prefix on Ubuntu 11.10

I tried to install Gentoo Prefix on Ubuntu 11.10, by following the Bootstrapping guide. But I have an error when I come to the step: emerge --oneshot --nodeps "=sys-devel/gcc-4.2*" Output of emerge --info '=sys-devel/gcc-4.2.4-r01.4' Output of…
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Big Server start lagging at random time without effective load

I've got a server with real big hardware. (32 cores, 24Go Ram, MegaSAs Raid.... ). It's running LAMP server, with memcached. It's running a fresh and up-to-date gentoo server, with custom kernel At some "random" times (I say random because that…
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gentoo can not use overlay

my os is gentoo i want to update x11-libs/cairo from lcd-filtering overlay, so #layman --version 1.4.1 #layman -a lcd-filtering and then #echo 'source "/var/lib/layman/make.conf"' >> /etc/make.conf #layman -l * lcd-filtering [Git ]…
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Deleting /usr/portage folder Gentoo

I have a Gentoo based Linux OS on my computer. But the portage tree is too old, so while installing some apps there are errors. I downloaded an new portage snapshot for replacing my old one. But I can’t remove my /usr/portage folder because all…
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Gentoo Install php with postgresql and pdo with postgresql

I've already installed php and now I want to install postgresql support in php. I've added postgres and pgsql in my /etc/make.conf and /etc/portage/package.use But still php is being compiled with --without-pdo-pgsql
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How to compile from a different computer

I have some old laptops I would like to install gentoo on, and a desktop with a faster CPU. The problem is it takes literal days for it to finish compiling the system for one laptop. I want to use the fast desktop to compile for the slower laptops.…
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Exclude installed packages from the package lists that are proposed for emerging in Gentoo Linux?

Taking a simple example: run the following commands in a gentoo machine with htop installed: emerge -av htop The system will start compilling htop package regardless whether htop has been installed or not. What I wish to achieve is to give a…
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How to compile Mellanox libvma on gentoo?

I am trying to build Mellanox's high speed network library libvma on gentoo http://code.google.com/p/libvma/ However I keep on getting this error In file included from ../../src/vma/util/sys_vars.h:24:0, from ../../src/vma/util/utils.h:22, from…
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install: invalid user "mysql" on Gentoo

I just installed Gentoo 2.2 in a Mac-hosted VirtualBox. I seeing the following snippet in /var/log/rc.log: * Activating additional swap space ... [ ok ] * setting up tmpfiles.d entries ... install: invalid user "mysql" [ !! ] * Initializing random…
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Read every line and display in a table PERL

I have a problem about perl. What I want is that I want to read my configuration file and display it in a table. Here is my configuration file looks like: VID1 VID2 VID3 VID4 After I read all the line in the configuration file, I want it to be…
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gentoo crontab: why this simple crontab is not working?

I use a GENTOO distribution. crontab -e 35 12 * * * root php5 /home/www/cron.php When I run manually: php5 php5 /home/www/cron.php This works (it sends me an email) Then I check date at 12:35pm... nbothing ! I also tried with: */1 * * * *…
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Install zsh in Gentoo Prefix on Mountian Lion failed

This is my first time to use gentoo prefix on Mac OS. The installation of gentoo prefix took a while but all went well. I used this script to install gentoo prefix on Mac:…
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How to upgrade OpenSSL in Linux without using make

I'm using a Robot that is running on a customized version of Gentoo and make is not available in it. I want to upgrade the Robot's OpenSSL version since it's super outdated but all the upgrade method that I found so far requires me to use make…
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Determining why kernel hangs on boot

hi : i was building kernel for my gentoo linux . when i start the kernel , i got this message , and can't going on. pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 non-volatile memory driver v1.3 i don't know how to solve this problem .…
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No wireless connection in Gentoo

I'm new to Gentoo and I have been trying to use wifi. With livecd and minimal install, it works perfectly. However, after installation, I just have ethernet. I've recompiled the kernel for the drivers of the wireless card, but nothing happens. This…
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