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ceramide
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 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:39 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Another noob question |
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Example scenario: I "emerge x11-misc/tint2" without any USE flags. I later realise that I should've included the "tint2conf" flag. Since I've already emerged in this example tint2, how would I go about getting tint2conf?
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ceramide
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My package.use is a directory. What do you mean by "placing" x11-misc/tint2 tint2conf in it? Create a new file and include that line? I can't exactly use a directory as the name of a file.
Also, do you mean emerge -av instead of emerge mit? Thanks! |
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Leonardo.b
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Working/Portage
Also, give a look at portage and emerge manual pages.
/etc/portage/package.use is a file read by Portage, looking for USE flags.
The format is like:
| Code: | # Set use1 and use2, but not use3 for package foo/bar
foo/bar use1 use2 -use3 |
If package.use is a directory, all the files inside it are read, in alphabetical order.
It is up to you if you want it to be a directory or a file. |
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pjp
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| ceramide wrote: |
My package.use is a directory. What do you mean by "placing" x11-misc/tint2 tint2conf in it? Create a new file and include that line? I can't exactly use a directory as the name of a file.
Also, do you mean emerge -av instead of emerge mit? Thanks! |
Yes, x11-misc/tin2 tin2conf would go into a file in the package.use directory. I generally use the name of the package (tint2 in this case).
"mit" is German for with, so I believe that was "emerge with the -av flag".
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| Quote: | | [...] so I believe that was "emerge with the -av flag". |
Also, for reinstalling packages with changed USE flags, --oneshot (or its shorter form -1) should also be added, so that they do not accidentally get added to the @selected set...
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| Thanks everyone! And also thanks for referencing the wiki and man pages, I will read through them and also make use of them more, in general, to learn how to deal with typical tasks like these. |
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