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chicca n00b
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 7
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 3:01 pm Post subject: HELP: emerge command not found |
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i think i need a help.
when i type emerge on my console the prompt says: command not found.
what can i do now?
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thepi Guru
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 352 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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1) Are you sure portage is properly installed? It should reside in /usr/lib/portage (I think it's the same on PPC as on x86)
2) There should be a symlink /usr/bin/emerge pointing to /usr/lib/bin/emerge
3) To be able to successfully execute emerge, you have to have certain permission. As root (su) there shouldn't be any problems, but as a "normal" user emerge will propably fail due to file permission issues.
Maybe you can find a hint in the PPC FAQ, or other related documents in the official Gentoo Documentation project.
hth,
pi~ _________________ Violence is the last resort of the incompetent --Isaac Asimov
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chicca n00b
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 7
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 9:15 pm Post subject: emerge |
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i use it to emerge lynx and it was all right
then i've tried to emerge another program but the prompt says command not found.
i dont find it in none of directory u say |
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thepi Guru
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 352 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Propably you should try to reinstall portage alltogether, even if that means to start all over. Are you sure you never did a "emerge -C portage"? (big no-no!)
There used to be a thread about how to solve the "my portage is gone!" problem.
Regards,
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chicca n00b
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:51 am Post subject: |
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thx for your help. i try to reinstall it |
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msgyrd n00b
Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 23 Location: Rolla, MO
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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On my system, I have to use Code: | sudo emerge whatever | to make it work. If you'll be working heavily with root powers in OS X's terminal, used to make the entire terminal session root. OS X doesn't have root enabled, so "su" doesn't work. _________________ "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." -Lewis Carroll |
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cmoad n00b
Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 40 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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Another convenience is adding, "alias emerge='sudo emerge'" to your "/etc/profile". Then "emerge" will prompt you for your password. |
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