Some of the basics - Repositories, packages and Cinnamon

[Palmer]

Hello all.

I am new to Sabayon forums, but not necessarily new to the Sabayon distro. I used to use Sabayon v2.5, 3.5 and then stopped at 4. Not sure why, but then I skipped all versions between that up until the current 64 bit version. Anyways, I am not familiar with Sabayon or Gentoo based systems anymore. I just got it installed and I would like help with some basic things.

First, I would like to figure out what package manager Sabayon uses and how to use it. I could probably just use Wikipedia and figure out what the name of it is, but I was hoping for a bit more in-depth information on it. I have been using Debian and Debian based systems over the past few years and I am in the habit of opening Synaptic up to install/uninstall things (you know, instead of doing it via CLI).

Second, how can I add repositories? Would I just add it to /etc/apt/sources.list repository file?Again, too familiar with Debian based systems. Or Ubuntu where you use Apt and add a PPA repository... But I am sick of Ubuntu's instability.

And last, part of the reason I am asking for the above two things is because I want the Cinnamon shell. I have GNOME 3, don't like it very much and I love Cinnamon... So how would I go about installing it on Sabayon GNOME?

I did do a quick search and could not find the answer so I'm hoping you all can help.
Thanks in advance.

[Stupot]

The wiki is the place for you my friend.

https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?titl ... Management

As far as installing cinnamon goes, pick your package management (Most use equo and it is better supported by these forums) and simply install the cinnamon package.

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#equo install cinnamon

pretty simple eh?

Just as a side note, there aren't very many side repositories for Entropy, but there really doesn't seem to be much of a call for them either.

[Palmer]

Ah, sorry. I did not notice there was a wiki. I was in a hurry and didn't search much. Thank you, I will try that.