On 8/15/06, Matthias Guede <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ryan Tandy wrote:
> Jed R. Mallen wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> i've got a gentoo box with no internet connection at home.
>> i have broadband at the office, but running WinXP.
>>
>> can i download the portage tree updates at the office, copy it to my
>> gentoo box, install packages i want but make it output links of the
>> needed packages instead of trying to download the pkgs, bring the list
>> of links at work, then download the pkgs there?
>>
>> is this possible?
>>
>> thanks much
>
> Try 'emerge -fpuDN world'. WARNING: The list will likely be VERY long.
> It'll output multiple possible sources for each file - any one will do
> although the first one listed is likely to be the fastest.
>
> As for the portage tree update, simply download
> snapshots/portage-latest.tbz2' from your favorite mirror, untar it to
> /usr/portage, and run emerge --metadata (<-- important!) to update your
> tree.
>
> HTH.
There is also an article about this on gentoo-wiki:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Downloading_distfiles_on_another_machine
But I never tried it myself.
I did, worked like a charm... Simply download the portage snapshot,
uncompress it, emerge metadata (there are easier ways, check the list
archives for a thread of my own about "update portage"), and follow
the guide, pretty simple.
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