edit/create /etc/portage/profile/package.provided and add the following.

edit/create the file /etc/env.d/compiler and add these lines:.

edit/create file /etc/env.d/05gcc and enter the following with the location to you gcc.

edit/create file '/etc/env.d/10ldpath' and add all you library directories in the file /etc/ld.so.conf LDPATH=/usr/kerberos/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/lib/qt-3.1/lib:/usr/local/lib/:/usr/lib/sane:/usr/lib.

Copy /usr/lib/portage/pym/* to /usr/lib/python2.x/site-packages.

Edit /etc/group and add portage::250:portage.

Create a symbolic links to the portage bin directory by executing.

Untar portage-x.x.x & copy portage to /usr/portage.

Copy usr/lib/portage to /usr/lib/portage.

Untar all stages in the folder created.stage 1 is in x86, you can download stages 2 and 3 for your specific processor Download gentoo stages 1, 2, and 3 into an empty folder.Mkdir -p /usr/lib/portage/bin mkdir -p /usr/lib/portage/pym mkdir -p /usr/portage/profiles mkdir -p /usr/local/portage mkdir -p /etc/env.d mkdir -p /etc/portage/profile mkdir -p /var/log/portage mkdir -p /var/tmp/portage mkdir -p /etc/config-archive mkdir -p /var/lib/init.d mkdir -p /var/lib/portage mkdir -p /usr/man/man1 mkdir -p /usr/man/man5 mkdir -p /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files It would be significantly easier to install Gentoo Linux from scratch. These steps will most likely NOT be replicatable, word for word, and will require a good knowlege of your system. Preamble: This HowTo is not an easy task, it requires a significant amount of knowledge in Linux.Working version of gcc, It may be a good idea to have a version of gcc installed in a place other than /usr or /usr/local.Software: tar, bz2, binutils (you should already have these installed).

Gentoo Stages tar balls, downloaded from the.

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