[Sussex] Gentoo installation saga.

[Stephen Williams]

On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 14:56 +0000, John D. wrote:
> OK, previously mentioned "emerge --update --deep world" has come to a  
> grinding halt. It wants me to download a file from Sun (a zipped java docs  
> file) directly, then move it to, bugger I've forgotten where. Somewhere in  
> the portage files.
> 
> Is there any way of doing that without a GUI (other than I'm emergeing  
> links to see if I can work it out that way) ?

I find this an essential part of any gentoo installation.

wget is also useful, but it helps to have another pc up to navigate your
way around the internet to find the resources you need.

I believe the URL you need is:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html


> 
> Sorry if that question seems a little banal, but I really have no idea how  
> that would "normally" be accomplished by a CLI nutter :-P ?
> 
> regards
> 
> John D.
> 

Steve.