emerge (or magic) with no network?

Pedro · Post by **Pedro** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 4:29 pm

Hi there,

How do I install new software onto my XBOX GentooX installation without access to a public facing network (which I've assumed emerge would require)?

I have broardband access at my office (via Windows), and, ideally would like to be able to download software there, FTP it to the XBOX, and install it that way.

Thanks,

Pedro.

rocketeer · Post by **rocketeer** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:38 pm

Find out which archives are needed, then put them in /usr/portage/distfiles/ (usually .tar.gz, .tgz or .bz2-files).
When emergeing, portage will look there first if the files are present before attempting to download.

Pedro · Post by **Pedro** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:58 am

rocketeer wrote:Find out which archives are needed,

How do I do that? And what URL/FTP site does emerge use to source the files? (or where do I download them from?)

Thanks,

Pedro.

rocketeer · Post by **rocketeer** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:03 am

Gentoo packages index: http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/pkgs/index.xml

Gentoo download mirrors: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml

To find out what to download for pkgname:

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emerge -vp pkgname

Pedro · Post by **Pedro** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 3:02 pm

Many thanks,

Pedro.