Gentoo's Emerge In Action

This a a little sample of emerge, the python system Gentoo Linux uses to download, compile, install and manage packages. Awesome indeed!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Linux
• gentoo
• emerge
• package
• compile

[Ericshiz]

In the beginning of this song it sounds like a cool hip-hop son ( yes this song is kinda kewl too. By the way I will soon be a Gentoo user after I build my computer. I do believe that I am 7.3339% complete with my dream build.

[unl0cker]

Cool, and good luck.

The song is Mozart's 23 Symphony.

[Zoowey07]

I'm a Ubuntu user for a long time now and have some fair knowledge of how Linux distros work, iv used 11 of them already. I'm wondering what exactly is the Gentoo package system, is it rpm,deb,or what iv heard "source code" which I believe is tar,tar gz,tgz,tar bz,etc? thanks in advance.

PS. Sorry about the space in-between thing with the file names, i meant to put . but you tube wouldn't let me post because it thought it was an email or website.

[unl0cker]

Sure,

The package system is called portage, and is managed by a python app called emerge.

ALL packages (except closed source things, like nvidia drivers, etc) are downoaded as source, and then compiled by emerge. This way you can customized packages and with what support they will be build with as you install them.

[jmoro147]

this is a cool theme you got and i also like the music im in the process of installing gentoo using the live cd.

[unl0cker]

Nice.. this is KDE using cristal window theme that can be found at "kde-look dot org". Well if you need help installing gentoo drop by #linux channel in the rizon network (irc dot rizon dot net). I'm there almost every evening.

Cheers

[LinuxBOX007]

nice work, but can't see anything, could you do it in a higher resolution? Linux Foreva :-)

[theif519]

emerge seems beautiful and detailed as well, the developers must be very proud. If only it didn't take so damn long during the download, compiling, and cleaning process

[bellicjr]

@Yldii Mainly ;)

[Yldii]

I found it boring. Maybe you should do one with commentary and zoomed in on command line a bit. That way you may attract ppl to Gentoo rather than scare them off. I have used Portage in BSD, is it basically the same?

[Freakinweirdo]

@unl0cker

Depressing to hear someone thought that was a hiphop song.....

[troizvulkanu]

nice wallpaper :)

[pavel17komarek]

Hey, how do you compile the gentoo? I dowloaded it and then burn on CD but I know that I need to comple it, can you help me how to do that and what do I need for it?

[Regunirun]

@Ericshiz It IS a cool hip hop song. It is the base melody for rapper Tonedeff's song, Velocity. Check it out, he's amazing!

[renkinjutsu01]

@unl0cker So are there closed sourced apps in the repos or does the source have to be available to be in portage? My understanding is that gentoo doesn't support installation from binaries. How do you install proprietary apps?