Gentoo Installation

This page will group together all package and some configuration to installGentoo.It helps me to keep in mind all package I need.I hope it could be usefull for you.If you search some configuration example, you could also see in "config" part of this blog.

Base system installation :

emerge --sync
emerge portage
emerge system
emerge vim

emerge gentoo-sources
⇒ configuration  du noyau

emerge dhcpcd
emerge grub

Display manager installation :

 

Speaking for myself, I use GDM because it's easy to choose between KDE,GNOME ... with the same user. 

GDM : emerge gdm

KDM : emerge kdm 

To permit to launch KDM or GDM at startup, you have to do : rc-update add xdm default

If the following error appears : rc-update: service `xdm' does not exist, you should probably install xorg-server : emerge xorg-server.
Then it will be possible to make : rc-update add xdm default

KDE Installation:

  

emerge kdebase-meta (very long)
emerge kde-base/kdeadmin-meta (package admin tools not mandatory.)
emerge kde-base/kcalc

Kde in french :

emerge kde-base/kde-l10n
vi /usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup
setxkbmap fr

FLUXBOX Installation :

emerge ccache fluxbox xlockmore eterm commonbox-styles commonbox-styles-extra fluxbox-styles-fluxmod gentoo-artwork conky idesk gentoo gqview

Sound configuration :

emerge media-sound/pulseaudio
emerge alsa-plugins
gpasswd -a drieu audio
emerge eix pavucontrol
ajouter alsa dans USE du make.conf
emerge --ask --changed-use --deep world  

Developpement workspace Installation

GIT : emerge git
ANT : emerge ant

MAVEN :
There is not yet Maven 3 ebuild so you need to install manually then add the following in your bashrc :

export M2_HOME=/opt/drieu/apache-maven-3.0.4
export M2=$M2_HOME/bin
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/icedtea-bin-6.1.11.3
export PATH="$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$M2"

JAVA : emerge virtual/jdk
 

Comments : 

For sun-jdk package, you will have to add the following :

# echo "dev-java/sun-jdk ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
# echo "dev-java/java-sdk-docs ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
# echo "dev-java/sun-jdk" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask
# echo "dev-java/java-sdk-docs" >> /etc/portage/package.unmask
# echo "dev-java/java-config ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
# echo "dev-java/java-config-wrapper ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

emerge sun-jdk
java-config --set-system-vm sun-jdk-1.6
emerge emul-linux-x86-java

Comment : You have to download java on Oracle web site then put in /urs/portage/distfiles : http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Java_Installation_Help

Other installation

• Outil Pdf :

emerge -av adobe-flash
emerge okular

• Skype : emerge --ask net-im/skype

• Telnet : emerge net-misc/telnet-bsd

• Comptabilité :

emerge gnucash
package.use :
>=x11-libs/goffice-0.8.17-r1 gnome

• LibreOffice :  emerge --ask libreoffice