Gentoo Linux Installer

raztaman · n00b Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 2

Hello everybody,

i'm tring to install gentoo 2006.0 with the liveCD but i get this error:

GLI: May 17 2006 21:06:48 - Exception received during 'Unpack stage tarball': CopyPackageToChrootError :FATAL: copy_pkg_to_chroot: Could not copy vdb entry for sys-devel/patch-2.5.9
GLI: May 17 2006 21:06:48 - Traceback (most recent call last):
GLI: May 17 2006 21:06:48 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 165, in run
self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']()
GLI: May 17 2006 21:06:48 - File "/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 268, in unpack_stage_tarball
self._portage.copy_pkg_to_chroot(pkg, True, ignore_missing=True)
GLI: May 17 2006 21:06:48 - File "/opt/installer/GLIPortage.py", line 101, in copy_pkg_to_chroot
raise GLIException("CopyPackageToChrootError", 'fatal', 'copy_pkg_to_chroot', "Could not copy vdb entry for " + package)
GLI: May 17 2006 21:06:48 - GLIException: CopyPackageToChrootError :FATAL: copy_pkg_to_chroot: Could not copy vdb entry for sys-devel/patch-2.5.9

Somebody any idea how to help me?

p.s i'm not very handy with Linux so be patient with me pls

psycophobia · Guru Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 510 Location: uk

Yes do a manual install

Hey just jokeing

But it might be fun ,I found it more intresting doing the manual install.

mdeininger · Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject:

uuh, if you're "not very handy with linux", i'd suggest ubuntu instead of gentoo. i know a lot of people say you'll learn lots using gentoo, but i'd rather suggest you get ubuntu and get used to things first, then try to hack it, then try to go for gentoo...

but if you really wanna try gentoo, the graphical installer is known to be broken, so the manual approach is the only way to go, really.
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birdy_356 · n00b Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 15 Location: Genk Belgien

Installer suck's
Get a good copy of the handbook and try again.
"Gentoo 2006.0 Universal install CD" or if you have a fast internet connection "minimal-CD"and download newest portage.
:wink:

ferdi

raztaman · n00b Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 2

I have installed gentoo 2005.1 once, that was easyer to install than this grafical version of gentoo 2006.0. I wanted to use this new version but it did went wrong , ill try the manual version like 2005.1.

Thanx anyway!