Is Sabayon going to remain Gentoo/Portage based ?

[brjoon1021]

I saw that Conary was available through Portato. I have used Foresight linux which used Conary to manage packages so I did a forum search. I found a long thread that was pretty active over the summer about whether Sabayon should go its own way or stay rooted in Gentoo. Have there been any decisions about that ?

B.

[wolfden]

It will stay gentoo based

equo the binary package manager in development is compliant with gentoo structure

[brjoon1021]

Thanks for your reply.

"equo the binary package manager in development is compliant with gentoo structure". Will this require a new installation of whatever release of Sabayon is out at the time ? I am trying to cut back to install-once rolling release distros. I am getting tired of reinstalling with each new release.

Thanks,

B

[thephoenix]

As a newb here I may not be where I should be, but this 'portage' package manager is a total mystery. Any help from anyone
would be great. I'm strickly a GUI type of guy, so editing files and stuff won't fly. I'd like be able to install some stuff..
Many thanks:-)

[wolfden]

Thanks for your reply.

"equo the binary package manager in development is compliant with gentoo structure". Will this require a new installation of whatever release of Sabayon is out at the time ? I am trying to cut back to install-once rolling release distros. I am getting tired of reinstalling with each new release.

Thanks,

B

Nope

[wolfden]

As a newb here I may not be where I should be, but this 'portage' package manager is a total mystery. Any help from anyone
would be great. I'm strickly a GUI type of guy, so editing files and stuff won't fly. I'd like be able to install some stuff..
Many thanks:-)

Better Read:
http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.php? ... tage_Guide

Documentation on the equo hasn't been done yet as it isn't even beta yet

[darkscot]

As a newb here I may not be where I should be, but this 'portage' package manager is a total mystery. Any help from anyone
would be great. I'm strickly a GUI type of guy, so editing files and stuff won't fly. I'd like be able to install some stuff..
Many thanks:-)

As Wolfden suggests, your first step is to read the wiki. However, portage is a lot simpler than it first appears and actually works very well. If you need GUI then you have portato.