Hello, So it's been some time for me, but there use to be easy ways to install .deb or rpm packages on gentoo; maybe in /usr/local/portage. [1]
I only find this guide on wiki.gentoo.org : [2]. So what I really want is a modern (safe) methodical way to quickly install .deb or rpm packages (many should work) into /usr/local/portage for quick testing and evaluation before I hack together an ebuild for it. So are there any newer (vetted) methods to do this? Anyone who does this quit a lot would surely have some methods if not custom scripts addressing many little pitfalls? Are rpm's better to install than .deb packages in general? What about cleanup and removal: semantics, syntax, or scripts? I do see these in portage: app-arch/dpkg and app-arch/rpm. Any caveats or tricks anyone cares to share? James [1] http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/TIP_install_programs_without_portage [2] http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/RPM
