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steelrose
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 Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 7:11 pm Post subject: some questions need answer |
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hi
Some of you may think that i am dumb for asking these questions but i am new to linux and need more help with gentoo
Well i installed gentoo 1.1a i686 iso with no problem.now i am trying to update portage and rsync.but first i try to emerge wvdial using emerge -k ,emerge --usepkg but it always try to connect to the net and download dependencies.can anybody tell me which are the deps for wvdial and some simple words to upgrade portage and rsync?
also i want to know about ebuilds.what they stand for?i mean if i want to install xfree4.20 i must have the 4.20 src?
please help me as soon as possible |
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craftyc
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| Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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For emergeing wvdial use . All the necessary dependancies will be printed on the screen. Then use the above line again but without the -p option.
For learning about ebuilds check here http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-manual.xml
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steelrose
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| Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 5:10 am Post subject: |
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hi
i tried what u suggest and when i emerging wvdial i got these result
[ebuild N] net-dialup/wvdial-1.41r3 to /
and for ppp
[ebuild R]net-dialup/ppp2.4.1-r7 to /
what is going on? |
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alec
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| Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| The -p flag is shorthand for --pretend, which lists the packages that would be installed if you didn't have the flag there. |
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steelrose
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finally i installed wvdial.i edit wvdial.conf but unfortunely something is going wrong.it detects the carrier,sending username and password but then the modem hangs.somewhere says that header compression is needed.well i would appreciate help with this
something else now
i download about 2000 tarballs from ibiblio mirror.i must say now that i used the 1.2 stage3 tarball and now i have portage 1.9.10 and rsync 2.5.5.is it possible to emerge without net connection? |
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craftyc
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Of course. Download the package (+dependancies. To check what paqckages are needed do emerge -p (package name)) from somewhere else, ie, a friend who has a dsl/cable connection. Burn to CD. Then on your own computer, copy the files that you burnt to CD to your /usr/portage/distfiles. Then run emerge again.
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steelrose
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| i am trying to emerge xfree but it seems that i didnt download all the tarballs and it tries to connect to the net.and wvdial is working ok but it seems that a problem with ppp needs to be solved.wvdial detects carrier but after sending username and password the modem hangs.i dont know what to do |
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michaelb
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| steelrose wrote: | | wvdial is working ok but it seems that a problem with ppp needs to be solved |
Well, I'm not entirely sure if this is what you are looking for, but there are some great HOWTO's over at the LDP.
Try The PPP HOWTO and let us know how it goes.
Good luck! 
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