Category:Gentoo

Installation

 * The Gentoo Installation page contains a few tips about installing Gentoo.
 * Gentoo installs and updates software using Portage.
 * Gentoo Rescue

Through annoying experiments, I have discovered that a working Gentoo installation requires about 6 GB of HD space.

Initscripts
rc-status -a                 shows all initscripts and their status rc-update -a SCRIPT default  add SCRIPT to default runlevel rc-update -d SCRIPT default  remove SCRIPT from default runlevel /etc/init.d/SCRIPT stop      stop SCRIPT /etc/init.d/SCRIPT start     start SCRIPT /etc/init.d/SCRIPT restart   restart SCRIPT

If you encounter problems like: * WARNING: "SCRIPT" has already been started. you can resolve them with /etc/init.d/SCRIPT zap

Users Management
add user:


 * 1) useradd svin -m -G users -s /bin/bash
 * 2) passwd svin

remove user:
 * 1) userdel svin

File Locations
/etc/make.conf         - USE and compiler flags /etc/package.keywords  - which versions of packages to install (see                           Portage) /usr/portage/[category] - ebuilds /usr/portage/distfiles - software tarballs /usr/portage/licences  - software licenses /var/db/pkg/[type]/[package]-[version]/ - currently installed package settings and ebuild