Installing Gentoo

[jason32]

hi everyone...
i was try to compile gentoo but its too hard for me and i give up...
now i was download gentoo liveDVD witch is not minimal, it have 2.4 gb and i want install this... but how ?
i run terminal in this liveDVD and i dont know what to write there to install them..
can you help ??

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
I don't think you can install from the LiveCd/DVD,,,,,,you can use the LiveCD as an alternate intall method but you'll still have to follow the Gentoo handbook. Which part was too hard for you?

[jayd512]

Welcome to LinuxForums!

I've not installed Gentoo myself (no time for it yet), but I would advise having the Gentoo Handbook close at hand before you give it a go.
It really is one of the most well put together pieces of documentation I've yet to come across!

[jason32]

i download stges and type this: md5sum -c portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum
-it works
then i type this: md5sum -c stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2
-||- .bz2.CONTENTS
-||- .bz2.DIGEST
i was save packages at the same name. and dont work
for first command it say: stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2 no properly formatted MD5 then i try second command and it says the same
then i try thir command and it says this:CONTENTS: FAILED open or read
where i make mystake ??
sorry my grammer is bad...
thanks for helping, this s great forum

[MikeTbob]

I had a problem with the md5sums too so here is what I did. Just download the stage 3 and issue this command:

md5sum stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2

It'll spit out some numbers for you, which you must compare with the md5sum file that can be found in the same place that you downloaded the stage 3 from

[jason32]

thanks for helping
i was type this command and recieve this num:
8cba3edf427e8e5a9662d472210d0834
what i must do now, i dont understand this "you must compare"
if there are any command for do that, can you post

[MikeTbob]

thanks for helping
i was type this command and recieve this num:
8cba3edf427e8e5a9662d472210d0834
what i must do now, i dont understand this "you must compare"
if there are any command for do that, can you post

The stage 3 that you downloaded, it is a good download, I checked it myself.
When you downloaded the stage 3 from the internet, you should have seen some files with names like

install-x86-minimal-20100126.iso 26-Jan-2010 07:16 101M
install-x86-minimal-20100126.iso.CONTENTS 26-Jan-2010 07:16 3.2K
install-x86-minimal-20100126.iso.DIGESTS 26-Jan-2010 07:16 348
install-x86-minimal-20100126.iso.DIGESTS.asc 27-Jan-2010 01:35 1.2K
stage3-i486-20100126.tar.bz2 26-Jan-2010 05:22 121M
stage3-i486-20100126.tar.bz2.CONTENTS 26-Jan-2010 05:22 3.2M
stage3-i486-20100126.tar.bz2.DIGESTS 26-Jan-2010 05:22 332
stage3-i486-20100126.tar.bz2.DIGESTS.asc 27-Jan-2010 01:35 1.2K
stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2 26-Jan-2010 15:39 121M
stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2.CONTENTS 26-Jan-2010 15:40 3.2M
stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2.DIGESTS 26-Jan-2010 15:40 332
stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2.DIGESTS.asc

Now, you downloaded stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2, so you need the DIGESTS file for this exact version of stage 3, so you would download stage3-i686-20100126.tar.bz2.DIGESTS and open it with a text editor, you will see the md5sum, that must match the output of the md5sum command.

[jason32]

thanks for your time...
sorry but i cant open text editor there, im new in linux...
i search in handbook, but nothon about text editor
how can i open "stage3-i686....bz2" in text editor

[MikeTbob]

Not the stage 3 file,,,,,the DIGESTS file, it's located in the same place that you downloaded the stage 3 from....but anyhow you don't need to bother with that, it checks out okay. Just continue reading the handbook and move onto the next step from downloading the stage 3

[jason32]

i thinh i will made...lol
but now i cant update; command emerge --sync doesnt work it says:
invalid token 'none' (not '='): etc/make.conf: line 583 in etc/make.conf
is that nessessery to do that update ?