Re: [gentoo-user] A new experience an account on gentoo without root priv

2006-02-06 Thread Ghaith Hachem
here's a guide on the gentoo wiki to install the packages without portage http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_install_programs_without_portage i guess it's the closest you can get if there's a way to do it with emerge i'd like to know it for sure. On 2/6/06, Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -B

Re: [gentoo-user] A new experience an account on gentoo without root priv

2006-02-06 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harry Putnam wrote: > I have an account on a gentoo machine but no root privs. Is there > some allowance using emerge to install software in ~/ Though I have no experience with it, there's a "Prefixed Portage" that you may be able use: http://www.ge

Re: [gentoo-user] A new experience an account on gentoo without root priv

2006-02-06 Thread Steven S.
On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Harry Putnam wrote: I have an account on a gentoo machine but no root privs. Is there some allowance using emerge to install software in ~/ Not that I know of. I believe you have to be root to use emerge. You should be able to cat the ebuild and download the tarball you

[gentoo-user] A new experience an account on gentoo without root priv

2006-02-06 Thread Harry Putnam
I have an account on a gentoo machine but no root privs. Is there some allowance using emerge to install software in ~/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list