##You are not in the portage group##

semperfitca · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 27

I'm new to Gentoo here, but finally got it installed!!!

Anyways, I've tried to emerge some stuff recently, but it says "You are not in the portage group. Blah, blah, blah.....".

What does this mean and how do I fix it?

Thanks,

Steve

_dook_master_ · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:00 am Post subject:

gotta run emerge as root

semperfitca · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 27

Probably a stupid/easy question, but thanks....I'll do that.

Hey, since we're on the subject. No matter what, do I always install EVERYTHING by emerging it as root?

Gil-galad55 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 101

You can install things plenty of other ways -- from source with a provided Makefile, with an RPM, etc. But, if there's an ebuild for it in Portage, you can bet that's probably the simplest/best way to go. But yeah, if you're using emerge, either be root or use sudo. (Some people will recommend sudo, but I find I need to do enough miscellaneous things when emerging that root is justified. Maybe.)
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ecatmur · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:29 am Post subject:

Being in portage is useful, though, as it lets you run searches and the like as a user rather than as root. Which is a Good Thing.
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