On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:57:21 -0400 (EDT)
"J. Patrick Campbell" <patrick@lowmips.com> wrote:
> http://packages.gentoo.org
> use the search function
>
> ~P
frankly the search function does NOT tell you which package to install
to get the dig binary. Searching on "dig" gets you heaps of packages
called *digest*, but not bind-tools (at least not on the first two pages!
most distros have this problem, the package names often have very little
to do with the name of the binaries therein, or the functionality of the
package, viz bind-tools not "dig", mozilla, not "web browser", evolution
not "mail client", xmms not "mp3 player" etc etc etc.
Most other distros of course get round this by installing the kitchen
sink, gentoo does not.
Other (binary) distros do have easy access to exactly which files will
be installed with a given package (e.g rpm -qpl), and you can easily
search that (eg rpm -qpl *.rpm|grep dig, rpmfind.net)
This is not feasible with gentoo as the files installed are not known
until the compilation is completed, and is dependent on USE.
Hence the endless questions "what package do i install to get foo?"
</rant> :-)
>
> On Wed, October 27, 2004 8:08 pm, Mike Noble said:
> > J. Patrick Campbell wrote:
> >> emerge -p bind-tools
> >>
> >> ~P
> >>
> >> On Wed, October 27, 2004 7:46 pm, Mike Noble said:
> >>
> >>>I am running Gentoo 2.6.9-r1 and there is no dig on my system, I tried
> >>>to run emerge dig but nothing is found. How do I go about installing
> >>> dig?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Mike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>--htt
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Thanks, Is there an easy way to tell what needs to be emerged, this is
> > a prime example.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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