Questions tagged [gentoo]

For programming problems that are specific to the Gentoo Linux distribution.

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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Gentoo NLTK stanford

I was trying to set up NLTK using subprogress to call Stanford corenlp on our server, which is a Gentoo system. But when I try to run it, an error occurs as: which: no java.exe…
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Where should I put portaudio so that Pyaudio can find it

Working on Gentoo (on the robot Nao) that has no make and no gcc on it, it is really hard for me to install portaudio. I managed to put pyaudio in the right location so that python can detect it but whenever I try "import pyaudio" it asks me to…
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Troubles with gentoo version on the robot Nao

I'm trying to install some software directly on the robot to have better access to the hardware (like microphones and camera). The problem is that there is no make, no gcc, nothing. I searched on internet on how to install gcc but nothing. All pages…
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Installing gitlab on gentoo

I'm trying to install gitlab on my gentoo server using this unofficial guide: https://github.com/cvut/gentoo-overlay/wiki/Installation-guide-for-GitLab-6.x I faced with 2 problems: If I switch to recommended in tutorial ruby20 (using eselect) then…
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How to set font size in emacs 24 installed in gentoo

I found emacs 24 can not use c-x c-+ and c-- to change the font size. once i input c-x c-+ the horizontal bar below text region shows (Emacs-Lisp +1 h1-p) and the number after + symbol increases if i press c-+ further. also in the minibar, it…
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3G Internet stick - which library makes this work

I have 3G internet stick, Tele2 Huawei MF190. Now, when I connect it with Ubuntu, Debian etc., it asks me for my PIN and I just choose my provider and everything works great. Now, when I do the same thing on other Linux distributions (I think it was…
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python 2.7.5 failed to build module when install the gentoo prefix

I tried to install the gentoo prefix on my lfs 32bit. But it comes error: Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules were not found: _bsddb _sqlite3 _tkinter bsddb185 dl …
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php-fpm doesn't load mbstring module on Gentoo

I'm new on Gentoo, and I install nginx\php\fastcgi by emerge. after that, i was run phpinfo() and found there is no mbstring, then I was compile it by set USE=unicode. then I saw [mbstring] in php.ini, and I restarted php-fpm by kill process and run…
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The AudioSystem.getMixerInfo() get nothing in Java/gentoo

I want to develop a speech recognition program on a robot. The robot has gentoo chroot installed. When I call AudioSystem.getMixerInfo(), it returns nothing. The JDK version is jdk-6u35-linux-i586. There are many audio device in /dev/, as list…
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Is there plans for Meteor to support Gentoo?

I operate Gentoo systems, will Meteor support for Gentoo be available at some point? Is there a way I can install on Gentoo now? Thank you Chuck
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Fail to compile dev86 package on gentoo

When i try to install virtualbox I have following error during compile dev86 package: 00159 mov spbbp ***** comma expected.........................................^ ***** factor…
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How to enable SimpleXML extension in PHP (Gentoo OS)

I am working on a gentoo server. Currently in PHP, the SimpleXML extension is not enabled. How do I enable this extension ? The PHP version is 5.2 The configure command has "--disable-simplexml". Is it possible to use "emerge" package manager to…
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getting started with boost cpu_timer, error: ‘boost::timer::cpu_timer’ has not been declared

I'm trying to compile this simple program to start learning how to use timers: #include using boost::timer::cpu_timer; //... nanosecond_type last_checkpoint_time = 0; cpu_timer checkpoint_timer; // start the timer for (;;) { …
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Thin throws error: undefined method "call"

I'm having trouble getting thin to run my webapp. It starts up just fine, but whenever I make a request thin craps out and I get the following popping up in the log: >> Listening on 0.0.0.0:3000, CTRL+C to stop !! Unexpected error while processing…
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Problems with xmonad settings compilation

I am having problems compiling the settings file for my xmonad installation. When I try to compile the settings file with: ghc -o xmonad xmonad.hs I get the following errors. I've posted some additional information if it would be of any…
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