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--- linux:gentoo [2006/12/14 02:50]
cyril
+++ linux:gentoo [2013/09/19 16:40] (current)
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 Gentoo is a source distribution, very efficient and well done, with a very good documentation and community.
-===== Emerge step-by-step for modifying source =====
+If you want to do something with gentoo (configure sound, install X, etc), first try the official howtos of gentoo, and on the gentoo wiki, by typing "gentoo <thing> howto" in google (or "gentoo guide <chose>" for French documentation). There are really a lot of howtos.
+===== chroot =====
+Chrooting is a well-known procedure for Gentoo users because it is necessary for its installation, and it probably works with other distributions but I'm not sure it is the same syntax.
+Chrooting consists to "change root", to run a system you have not booted on (for example you boot on a live cd, and you chroot to your system and you can run ''emerge'' etc on your system).
+If your system is on hda5 with a reiserfs file system, do once:
 <code bash>
-ebuild fluxbox fetch   % to download the package
+mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda5 /mnt/gentoo
-ebuild fluxbox unpack  ; to uncompress the sources
+cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/
-; here you can modify sources
+mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
-ebuild fluxbox compile ; to compile
+mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
-ebuild fluxbox install ; to install (first part)
-ebuild fluxbox qmerge  ; to install (second part)
-ebuild fluxbox clean   ; to clean temporary folders
 </code>
+And for every shell you want to open:
-This is exactly equivalent to :
 <code bash>
-emerge fluxbox
+chroot /mnt/gentoo
+env-update
+source /etc/profile
 </code>
+===== Services =====