How does GRP work?

stonent · Veteran Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 1139 Location: Texas

Try using fuser -v /mnt/cdrom to see the process that might be using
the cdrom.

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

Im having problems emerging anything on the second cd.

I have all my packages in the All directory, everything does seem to be copied over. When i try to 'emerge -k gnome' it tried to start downloading.

Sorry if i missed this some where, i cant find a fix.

Thanks

scriptkiddie · l33t Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 955

gnome does not work from the GRP cd's
you have to download certain files because ORBits on the cd is newer than the one the ebuild wants.

BTW... martman00.. are you the same guy from justlinux.com

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

I can see the first dep on my harddrive, why doesnt it pick it up?

Yeah it is me oubipaws, any luck with Dux?

scriptkiddie · l33t Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 955

slowly... very slowly.. dux will get done sometime

/usr/portage/packages/All/
emerge -k kde

GNOME will not work.. it install like 5 files and tries to download orbits

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

I cant even get those 5.

Why wasnt it on the cd? I downloaded like 3 of them already.

Is there a binary ebuilds some where of orbits?

avenj · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 7:36 pm Post subject:

Try using -K.

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

"There are no packages available to satisfy gnome"

I can see the packages that make up gnome.

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

The easiest way (I found) to move files was to go to a Gentoo FTP mirror, and download the ebuilds that match the packages you have.

This, unfortunately, requires a second PC and some form of removable media.

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

I can stick the files on my usb pendrive(256mb) if i can find a binary that works.

I dont want to do that for all the deps, thats what portage is for!

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

help?!

echo6 · Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 587

Is there a work around for installing Gnome? I've got the latest release x86-1.4-20030807, I was hoping to install Gnome off this release without going out onto the internet.

Best advice then if I want to grap the ebuilds and put them onto a cd to do other installs without a net connection, please? btw, genkernel appears to be working well on this latest release for an install I'm doing on my Sony Vaio.

I really do appreciate the efforts of the Gentoo team

tuxlearner · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 11:16 pm Post subject:

any help ??

i've been told that only oRBIT2 is compiled from source. otherwise the rest of the GNOME package is built from the binary ? ? anyone tried this yet ?

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

i gave portage a binary ebuild of orbits myself, if you keeps wanting more every time.

one package(or more) is newer than the rest, thats whats wrong. the disc is screwed up. no one seems to know what package(s) it is and no one seems to be making a new set for this.

after talking to some people there is advice is to just compile it, which is bull since its supposed to work, its doesnt, and not alot has been done.

i should be able to get to a couple of local gurus soon, maybe they care.

mrastudent · n00b Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 7

Is there any plan on releasing some new ISOs where gnome can be GRP'ed correctly? I tried KDE, but that just reminded me why I like Gnome so much

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

I was told that its not a priority on irc.

So aparently the fact that its a POS doesnt matter. They cant even say this to prevent people from getting involved in this.

So functioning doesnt matter, what other company doesnt care about little thing like that? Could it be Microsoft.

My laptops been useless for awhile now, i dont want to stick kde on there. I think ill dig up my Redhat discs, ill wait but i have a feeling im going to need them. Im glad i didnt try this on anything important.

mrastudent · n00b Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 7

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

Thats what i said and i was told not to be a ass.

JL · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 26

i got gnome working fine form the grp disks. i did have to download a few items though (orbit comes to mind i think). the rest of the gnome binary packages were installed manually piece by piece. i ran a lot of emerge -p something to find all the packages needed for a gnome install. whatever was on the GRP cd that matched the list, i emerged -K 'd them.

also... i had to fix scrollkeeper and the whole /etc/xml/catalog issue (i posted a fix elsewhere in the forums. https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=52372&highlight= )

it can be done. it is just a lot of manual work. there is no "emerge gnome" that does it all in one shot. Deal with it!

it will be fixed when the time is right for the dev folks. but for what they have accomplished so far... i applaud them!

ps... here's another THANK YOU for Avenj! you were a big help!
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mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

mrastudent · n00b Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 7

I'm curious: do the GRP CDs of EVERY platform have this problem, or just a few?

NicholasDWolfwood · Apprentice Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 235

mart_man00 · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 245

Id like the people who took the responsiblity to deal with it and for the people that are good with this stuff to show up some time. I cant beleive there are that few.

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 1:59 am Post subject:

mrastudent · n00b Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 7

What exactly is the problem here? Are there missing *.bz2 packages or is portage looking for a different version that comes with the CD?