[Klug-general] Gentoo for the first time.

[J D Freeman]

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On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 03:51:13PM -0600, Michael E. Rentell wrote:
> G'day all,
> Linux Format this month has a tutorial on Gentoo. Oh good I thought -  
> I've got an old x86 PC lying around doing nothing so I thought I'd give  
> it a whirl to keep me awake in the afternoons. All part of the  
> self-improvement process.
>
> All has gone very well until I read the line:
>
> Open /etc/make.conf and set the following for the USE line:
>
> USE="-gtk -gnome qt4 kde dvd alsa cdr"
>
> Save and exit,....
>
> Ha, how do you do that when the install system does not respond to vi,  
> ed or emacs?
>
> Presumably an editor is needed to play with the file make.conf.
>
> Am I missing something here?

Would the logical conclusion not be to first do the gentoo equivilant of
apt-get install vi ?

J
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