How to install a package before equo update?[Solved]

[BHReach]

I just installed Sabayon 9 Spin-Base amd64 (took about 5 minutes).

I need ip (from iproute2 pkg) to configure my wi-fi network interface. I cannot update or download repositories without an Internet connection so I need to install iproute2.

How do I do it?

[wolfden]

Here you can find full details:
http://packages.sabayon.org/show/iprout ... 5,standard
so something like

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wget http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/sabayonlinux/entropy/standard/sabayonlinux.org/packages/amd64/5/sys-apps:iproute2-3.1.0~0.tbz2


cd to download location
than

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equo install sys-apps-iproute2-3.1.0~0.tbz2

Of course you will download and move the file over I assume, but you should get the idea from above.

Profit!

[BHReach]

I don't know where to put the package?

It used to be here:

/var/lib/entropy/client/packages/packages/amd64/5/

But for Sabayon 9 Spin-Base, that directory does not exit.

I don't know if Spin-Base is different from other versions or package location changed for Sabayon 9.

For my Sabayon 8 XFCE, the packages are here (using locate command):

/var/lib/entropy/client/packages/packages/amd64/5/sys-apps:iproute2-2.6.38~0.tbz2
/var/lib/entropy/client/packages/packages/amd64/5/sys-apps:iproute2-2.6.38~0.tbz2.mtime

[wolfden]

doesn't matter where you put it, just put it some place

[BHReach]

How will equo find it if it isn't in the correct location?

[wolfden]

Wait, let me go get my Bang Head Here on Desk sticker

Did you read anything I posted? You are directly invoking the file as I said, cd to the directory where ever you have placed the file that you downloaded and issue the command equo install sys-apps-iproute2-3.1.0~0.tbz2

Do you see what you are doing? You are telling equo to install sys-apps-iproute2-3.1.0~0.tbz2 directly, you are not giving the command equo install iproute which tells equo to use normal paths to install it.

I don't know how to make it any more easier for you. Maybe I should type it in really large letters?


[*]Download the file from link above and copy it to the Destination Computer. Place the file anywhere you wish
[*]open terminal, cd to the spot you placed the file
[*]issue the command equo install sys-apps-iproute2-3.1.0~0.tbz2

or if have a GUI you can even right click on the file and choose open with other application and select rigo.

Now try doing it before posting another question

[BHReach]

Sorry for misreading your post. I was expecting you to tell me where to copy the file so when you typed cd my brain saw cp but not any place to copy it. I guess it was because I did not know equo could directly install a package from a tbz file. Also, it was early Saturday morning and my brain wasn't clicking on all cylinders yet (lame excuse).

Thanks! It installed OK once I realized what to do. I also discovered that Sabayon has the Gentoo net-setup program which makes setting up your network from the command line very easy.

net-setup wlan0.

[wolfden]

It's not the ideal way to do it, but to get setup for something like in your case, it works fine. Once you run equo update/upgrade, all the relative paths should be in place.