02-16-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Dr. Nick
If i think about this stuff logically wouldn't freeBSD be a better "ground" to build from? I mean, it's practically comes with "less" and you can build it up as you want, with all you need and everything you don't need (correct me if i'm wrong).
If you want to start from scratch and learn as you go, Gentoo is also educational. Its idea of a "cd installer" is a livecd with
fdisk,
mkfs, and
tar so you can unpack their stage files onto your manually created partitions and chroot from there... Google the 'gentoo handbook' for step-by-step instructions.
Once installed it can do quite a lot for you, 'emerge foo' installs foo, but it's still extremely flexible and doesn't force a lot of choices on you.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
gpt-install
GPT-INSTALL(8) User Contributed Perl Documentation GPT-INSTALL(8)
NAME
gpt-install - Installs GPT packages.
SYNOPSIS
gpt-install [options] [packages or bundles]
Options:
-verbose Print copious output
-help Print usage
-man Print man page.
-version Print GPT version.
-force Replace package no matter what.
-loose Replace a broader range of packages.
-installdir=PATH Override $GLOBUS_LOCATION.
-tmpdir=PATH Path to tmp disk space
[packages or bundles] List of binary packages and bundles to install.
DESCRIPTION
gpt-install takes a GPT described package or bundle and installs it. The program can install either RPM's or GPT packages.
OPTIONS
-force forces all action to be taken, regardless of state.
-tmpdir Place to unpack bundles.
-installdir
Directory to which files shall be written. Default is $GLOBUS_LOCATION
-loose pgm packages can replace a pgm_static package (and vice versa) or a pgm package with a different flavor.
-help Print a brief help message and exits.
-man Prints the manual page and exits.
-version
Prints the version of GPT and exits.
EXAMPLES
For the command:
gpt-install foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm.tar.gz
foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm will B<not> be replaced. It is newer.
foo-1.1-vendorcc32-pgm will B<not> be replaced. Wrong flavor.
foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. Wrong package type
foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. Wrong package type
For the command:
gpt-install -force foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm.tar.gz
foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
foo-1.1-vendorcc32-pgm will B<not> be replaced. Wrong flavor
foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. Wrong package type
foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. Wrong package type
For the command:
gpt-install -loose foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm.tar.gz
foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm will B<not> be replaced. It is newer.
foo-1.1-vendorcc32-pgm will be replaced.
foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. It is newer.
For the command:
gpt-install -force -loose foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm.tar.gz
foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
foo-1.1-vendorcc32-pgm will be replaced.
foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
BUGS
gpt-install currently does not honor static build numbers. Instead it will replace any pgm_static package that is the same version or
older. For example:
gpt-install -force foo-2.1-2-gcc32-pgm_static.tar.gz
foo-1.1-5-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
foo-2.1-1-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
foo-2.1-5-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
foo-2.2-1-gcc32-pgm_static will not be replaced.
foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm will not be replaced.
SEE ALSO
gpt-uninstall(1) gpt-query(1) gpt-verify(1)
AUTHOR
Michael Bletzinger <mbletzin.ncsa.uiuc.edu> and Eric Blau <eblau.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
perl v5.14.2 2012-04-30 GPT-INSTALL(8)