[wplug] Need Help from other Gentoo Users

[mheitzenroder at comcast.net]

I am a gentoo user.  I find a high speed connection necessacary for gentoo.  PAIR networks has a gentoo mirror: gentoo.mirrors.pair.com 

Anyhow, I would just build it yourself and then perhaps add it to your world file in /var/cache/edb  make sure you add it like: gnome-base/gnome

that way when you update it updates gnome.  of course i have no guarentee that will work because the ebuild has to be similar to the install that comes with gnome... anyhow i would do it from the disc, given the cirmcumstances...  Or i would order Gentoo with the pre-builds on the discs!  

I LOVE GENTOO
> 
> First, I want to appolgize if this ends up being a double post.  I posted 24hr. 
> ago, but have not seen it on the list yet. On witht the post ---
> 
> First some background info -- you can probably skip it if you are in a hurry, 
> but figure it might help --
> 
> 1 month ago, I bought a Linux Format Magazine that included Gentoo 1.4.  I have 
> been wanting to update my desktop machine (Redhat 7.2) and thought this would be 
> a great choice.  I just waited till x-mas break to get started (I'm a school 
> teacher) since I knew that Gentoo would take some time.  Anyway, the CD did not 
> include GNOME, just KDE.  The next month, Linux Format Magazine included GNOME 
> 2.4 and all required files.  SWEET!! -- now I can have my new Gentoo system, and 
> be able to use fluxbox and GNOME,my two preferred desktops.
> Now for the questions, should I simply use the standard "./configure && make && 
> make install" to install all the GNOME stuff, or should I use emerge?  If I use 
> the standard install commands, will this mess anything up for future uses of 
> emerge?  If I use emerge, how do I set it to use the Linux Format CD for all the 
> GNOME stuff?  I have a dial-up connection, so using emerge to install GNOME over 
> the internet (i.e. downloading all the GNOME files from a Gentoo mirror) is not 
> a good idea for me.
> 
> I have tried to find the info from Google and from Gentoo.org, but all my 
> searches simply refer to using the internet.
> 
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