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Building AMC from sources on Gentoo

Version 2 (Pierre-Olivier Vallès, 09/17/2014 09:49 pm)

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h1. Building AMC from sources on Gentoo
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As of September 16th of 2014, there are no AMC @ebuild@ available through any overlay, unfortunately.






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Using this guide, you find all the information and resources to compile / install AMC 1.2.1. You will need to set up a local overlay (i.e. on your computer) to use the @ebuild@ provided in this page.






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h2. Compile / Install using a local overlay






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* Create a local overlay






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For reference, here the original procedure, with more explanations : http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay/Local_overlay






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Run the following commands as @root@ (don't forget to give your overlay a nice name ) :






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# mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/{metadata,profiles} 






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# echo 'NameOfTheOverlay' > /usr/local/portage/profiles/repo_name






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# echo 'masters = gentoo' > /usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf






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# chown -R portage:portage /usr/local/portage






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Get @portage@ ready to make use of this new overlay :






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# echo 'PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage ${PORTDIR_OVERLAY}"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf






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* Install the provided files (ebuild and patch)






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Create directories as necessary :






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# mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/app-office/auto-multiple-choice/files/






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Download the files on this page, and store them in the following directories  :






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<pre>






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/usr/local/portage/app-office/auto-multiple-choice/auto-multiple-choice-1.2.1.ebuild






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/usr/local/portage/app-office/auto-multiple-choice/files/auto-multiple-choice-1.2-makefiles.patch






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By default (and I apologize for this bad practice), this @ebuild@ is marked as stable on arch "@amd64@" (64 bits linux). Add your arch is needed in the @KEYWORDS@ variable in the @ebuild@ file (e.g. "@x86@", or better "@~x86@".)






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* Generate the @Manifest@






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Still as @root@ user :






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cd /usr/local/portage/app-office/auto-multiple-choice/






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ebuild auto-multiple-choice-1.2.1.ebuild manifest clean






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Now AMC should be ready for installation. Each and every time you change the @ebuild@, you need to generate again the @Manifest@.






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* Install AMC






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All that is left to do, is to run your favorite "@emerge@" line :






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emerge -qav auto-multiple-choice






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h2. Installation using an @overlay@






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No existing @overlay@ yet. :-(






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h2. Updates to the documentation






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The provided @ebuild@ and this documentation are relatively new and untested. Feel free to adapt and to give some feedback (forums or wiki).