Can't work out how to install this package

[gav989]

hi all, trying to install the driver for my wireless card. i found the driver here:

http://packages.sabayon.org/show/ralink ... -show-what

but can't for the life of me work out how to install it. I can't seem to find it in entropy or portage.

What am I missing here?

[batvink]

it's not in entropy.
you can search in portage:
as root:

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emerge --search ralink


output:

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Searching...   
[ Results for search key : ralink ]
[ Applications found : 2 ]

*  net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware
      Latest version available: 11
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 3 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
      Description:   Firmware for Wireless Ralink RT2860PCI/mPCI/PCIe/CB(RT2760/RT2790/RT2860/RT2890
      License:       AS-IS

*  net-wireless/ralink-rt2870-firmware
      Latest version available: 8
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 2 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
      Description:   Firmware for Wireless Ralink RT2860PCI/mPCI/PCIe/CB(RT2760/RT2790/RT2860/RT2890
      License:       AS-IS


and then:

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emerge ralink-rt2860-firmware

don't forget to:

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equo rescue spmsync

to tell entropy what you did

[gav989]

That's the sort of solution I had hoped for, but i get this output:

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Calculating dependencies... done!

emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "ralink-rt2860-firmware".

emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: net-wireless/rt61-firmware, sys-kernel/linux-firmware, net-wireless/libertas-firmware?

Do I need to add a different overlay or something?

One thing that might matter is that when I try to update portage I get

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Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U *] sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha51 [2.2.0_alpha37] USE="less%*"
*** Portage will stop merging at this point and reload itself,
    then resume the merge.
[blocks B      ] <app-admin/logrotate-3.8.0 ("<app-admin/logrotate-3.8.0" is blocking sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha51)

 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha51::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    portage


For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked


!!! The following installed packages are masked:
- net-wireless/broadcom-sta-5.100.82.38-r1::gentoo (masked by: Broadcom license(s))
A copy of the 'Broadcom' license is located at '/usr/portage/licenses/Broadcom'.

For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


Sorry, I'm not very good at portage...

[batvink]

oh yeah,
sorry, i forgot to ment that it's in Sabayon overlay.
do the following as root to add the Sabayon overlay,:

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layman -a sabayon

and:

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layman -S

to sync all overlay's.
then you can repeat the steps in the eaarlier post.

[gav989]

OK I've sorted that problem out (needed to add sabayon overlay, embarrassing I know). However when I try to emerge I get the following problem:

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Calculating dependencies... done!

>>> Verifying ebuild manifests

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11 from sabayon
>>> Downloading 'http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip'
--2011-08-14 23:00:26--  http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip
Resolving ftp.heanet.ie... 193.1.193.64, 2001:770:18:aa40::c101:c140
Connecting to ftp.heanet.ie|193.1.193.64|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2011-08-14 23:00:26 ERROR 404: Not Found.

>>> Downloading 'ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip'
--2011-08-14 23:00:27--  ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip
           => “/usr/portage/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip”
Resolving ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de... 137.226.34.42
Connecting to ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de|137.226.34.42|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /gentoo/distfiles ... done.
==> SIZE RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip ... done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip ...
No such file “RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip”.

>>> Downloading 'ftp://mirror.cambrium.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip'
--2011-08-14 23:00:28--  ftp://mirror.cambrium.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip
           => “/usr/portage/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip”
Resolving mirror.cambrium.nl... 217.19.16.188, 2a02:58:3:2:80::1
Connecting to mirror.cambrium.nl|217.19.16.188|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles ...
No such directory “pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles”.

>>> Downloading 'ftp://mirror.opteamax.de/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip'
--2011-08-14 23:00:28--  ftp://mirror.opteamax.de/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip
           => “/usr/portage/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip”
Resolving mirror.opteamax.de... 194.62.23.99, 2001:67c:1420::1:50
Connecting to mirror.opteamax.de|194.62.23.99|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD (1) /gentoo/distfiles ... done.
==> SIZE RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip ... done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip ...
No such file “RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip”.

>>> Downloading 'http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip'
--2011-08-14 23:00:29--  http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/distfiles/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip
Resolving gd.tuwien.ac.at... 192.35.244.50
Connecting to gd.tuwien.ac.at|192.35.244.50|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2011-08-14 23:00:29 ERROR 404: Not Found.

>>> Downloading 'http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip'
--2011-08-14 23:00:29--  http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip
Resolving www.ralinktech.com.tw... 59.120.58.218
Connecting to www.ralinktech.com.tw|59.120.58.218|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2011-08-14 23:00:30 ERROR 404: Not Found.

!!! Couldn't download 'RT2860_Firmware_V11.zip'. Aborting.
 * Fetch failed for 'net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11', Log file:
 *  '/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11/temp/build.log'

>>> Failed to emerge net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11, Log file:

>>>  '/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11/temp/build.log'

 * Messages for package net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11:

 * Fetch failed for 'net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11', Log file:
 *  '/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11/temp/build.log'


Lots of 404, is there anything I can do about this?

[gav989]

Sorry, didn't refresh the page so I didn't see your post before I posted that last post