Run command on package installation

jbiggs12 · n00b Joined: 09 Mar 2012 Posts: 29

Hi,

I was wondering if it would be possible to run a program whenever portage installed a package à la apt hooks. I have a git repository in my /etc folder and I'd like it to update automatically whenever a package is installed.

dol-sen · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:48 am Post subject:

What you want is to tie in to the emerge post_install hook.
It will be in /etc/portage/bashrc I think. (if I ever used it I'd remember more) I also can't seem to find the info in the man pages at the moment.
Check the forums, There have been threads about it already. So you should be able to find it somewhere.
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dol-sen · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:03 am Post subject:

OK, apparently you should be able to just dump your script in "/etc/portage/hooks/install/" for recent portage versions.

If that doesn't work for you then you can fall back to the old documented method here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=3&chap=6#doc_chap3
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