techquilla Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 is it possible..? cuz emerging packages is really time consuming.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volrathxp Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 some common packages are included on the second liveCD discs in precompiled format, anything else yeah you're going to have to compile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemical Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 unless they have premade binaries like openoffice already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noir Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 It is time consuming but once you have it done you don't need to worry about it anymore, this easy optimization part is one of Gentoos strengths and if your uncomfortable with it maybe you should try another distro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volrathxp Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 unless they have premade binaries like openoffice already the one that came with the 1.4 release on the second cd is broken, but you can download it from open office's site and it will install and function, but you'll have to point it to your java environment (blackdownjdk here :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volrathxp Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 It is time consuming but once you have it done you don't need to worry about it anymore, this easy optimization part is one of Gentoos strengths and if your uncomfortable with it maybe you should try another distro. Usually if I need to upgrade any large packages or I plan to install something big, I set it at the end of the day and go home. Next morning, it's ready for me to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noir Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Usually if I need to upgrade any large packages or I plan to install something big, I set it at the end of the day and go home. Next morning, it's ready for me to use. Absolutely, do it while your sleeping or when your doing something else and it won't be any trouble at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techquilla Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 ok, thanks guys..., i though so...^^ i'm not that unconfortable using gentoo.., in fact, now that i got gentoo installed, installing applications is so easy..., i really like it... another question though.., is it possible to back up the installation so that i won't need to waste two days to get everything up and running again if i mess up the system..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Doesn't using binaries defy the whole point of using Gentoo? I only use binaries for packages that won't compile properly (like Mozilla Firebird). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volrathxp Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Doesn't using binaries defy the whole point of using Gentoo? I only use binaries for packages that won't compile properly (like Mozilla Firebird). Yeah it does, but i'm not wasting a day and a half to let kde compile when i need to use my machine ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 If you want to save time later when you need to reinstall something from scratch (even the OS :ninja: ) you can set FEATURES="buildpkg" to have it make a binary package for you. Copy that to a CD so when you need to reinstall you have the binaries of stuff you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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