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VanFanel
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 Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: Downloading Gentoo PPC packages from another OS |
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Hello!
I am an avid and newcome Gentoo Linux user, but I don't have an internet connection at home for now.
Is there any way to download a package (and all it's dependencies, please!  ) from WindozeXP? I mean, some kind of Emerge for windows to download packages with their dependencies, being able to choose your architecture (Windoze sucks in x86 and my Gentoo rocks on PPC-MAc_Mini Beastie boy).
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ndansmith
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: Downloading Gentoo PPC packages from another OS |
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| VanFanel wrote: | Hello!
I am an avid and newcome Gentoo Linux user, but I don't have an internet connection at home for now.
Is there any way to download a package (and all it's dependencies, please! ) from WindozeXP? I mean, some kind of Emerge for windows to download packages with their dependencies, being able to choose your architecture (Windoze sucks in x86 and my Gentoo rocks on PPC-MAc_Mini Beastie boy).
Thanks in advance! |
Gentoo's portage only works with POSIX (Unix-like) operating systems, so as far as I know there is no such solution for Windows (also virtually none of the packages are binary compatible with Win32). As for other options, I know not. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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VanFanel,
Welcome to gentoo.
You need sneakernet If you search the forums, you will find some scripts that help with this process too.
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NeddySeagoon
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VanFanel
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Thanks everybody! I think I have to make forther research, but at least I know here to start from...  |
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