Missing packages at /var/lib/portage/world

[aoliv]

I am trying to use portage and compile all packages at Sabayon. I been use Gentoo for two years and I think I can some most of the problem I can find when I update the system, but I am tired to have to configure package by package when I change my box. I just want a system that work out of the box and I can optimize it to run a little fast, but I am too old to deal with / configure Gentoo any more.

I use entropy to install layman git eix and sync both Portage and Sabayon trees. Before I try compile anything try to check the system in any way I can. And with out any changes in make.conf or others configuration files I try this steps.

Check who many packages are installed by Entropy and Portage.

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# eix '-I*' --format '<installedversions:EQNAMEVERSION>'
# equo query list installed


I try emerge -p for both system and world I didn't find any problem only a few packages mask by their licenses, what after add ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" at make.conf it should be ok.

Next I check /var/lib/portage/world file and didn't see some packages that should be there like gnome-base/gnome or gnome-base/gnome-light.

Then I try emerge --pretend --depclean and got this

Packages installed: 1067
Packages in world: 81
Packages in system: 51
Required packages: 624
Number to remove: 443

I can not use as suggested by micia in another post, because wont be able to remove any unnecessary package.

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emerge -av $(eix '-I*' --format'<installedversions:EQNAMEVERSION>')


How / Where can I find the MINIMUN list of necessary ( meta ) packages to emerge it and after I run emerge --depclean I won't a broken system.

Put the same question in another way is: Start with a clean Gentoo install what is necessary and sufficient packages need to be installed to have Sabayon (Gnome).



Btw. English is not my mother language, forgive me if I wasn't clear and any mistakes made.

[Fitzcarraldo]

For someone who is "too old to deal with / configure Gentoo any more" you're certainly making life complicated for yourself. Why don't you just install the CoreCDX minimal version (see Press Release: Sabayon Linux 5.5 SpinBase and CoreCDX) and then install GNOME on that?

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equo install gnome-light

Minimal packages yet enough to get you going with Entropy:

x86 CoreCDX LiveCD package list: http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/sabayo ... so.pkglist
amd64 CoreCDX LiveCD package list: http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/sabayo ... so.pkglist

An introduction to Entropy, with full details of what to do when you first install SL, and how to roll to the latest package versions in the Entropy repository: http://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=Entropy

[aoliv]

My bad, I wasn`t clear. I don`t want to emerge anything, Not now.

I want to configure any optimize my system, I can do it with Gentoo. With Ubuntu and other commercial distributions it is much more difficult. It is why I am moving to Sabayon, it is base on Gentoo, and also a binary distribution, may be I can have the best of both worlds.

During the time I was searching I see wolfden website and I will quote just the first line

I use to think updating the kernel in Sabayon Linux was always a pain till I decided to change the kernel on my Ubuntu box.

I like to use Gnome, it is why I download and installed a version with it. Sure I can install Sabayon CoreCDX, and then start to emerge everything, but it will take some time to compile ever thing, but you must agree with me It will take some time. It is why when I install the CoreCDX I want to be sure everything will be OK, I want to know all packages I need to install, not only gnome. Gnome was just a example what I did not find.

What I am trying to do is understand what are installed, what is suppose to be the world packages. Then I will decide what I will keep or not (and start with coreCDX CD, emerging those packages I want).

[wolfden]

The package list links that are posted above is what should be installed. View the list of packages from that, what you see there will be installed afterwards.