Arch

[Wyldeman]

ARCH is not set
i did a goof...lol i did a new profile and yes i goofed. this is the error i get now.

ARCH is not set... Are you missing the /etc/make.profile symlink
Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete?

This is what i did

3. Profile updating instructions

Updating to 2006.1

To switch to the 2006.1 profile, point the /etc/make.profile symlink to the new location. Make sure your Portage is updated before you change your profile.

Code Listing 3.1: Changing to a 2006.1 profile

# rm /etc/make.profile
# ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1 /etc/make.profile

Ok yes i messed up now can someone help me fix it...lol:drown:

[apoorv_khurasia]

That should have done the trick....is the make.profile correct?

[Wyldeman]

I tried to emerge -v kdebase and i get the same thing again.
ARCH is not set...

So i assume its not. i cant emerge anything.

[Wyldeman]

Here we go....
Did a emerge --sync..
then is said there in a portage update emerge portage..
emerge portage

!!! /etc/make.profile is not a symlink and will probably prevent most merges.
!!! It should point into a profile within /usr/portage/profiles

ARCH is not set...Are you missing the '/etc/make.profile' symlink?
Is the symlink correct? Is your portage tree complete?

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[Wyldeman]

How do you know if the make.profile is right????
is there some code to check and see???
this is my first time doing Gentoo on my own. The commands are way over my head. But i can LEARN....

[apoorv_khurasia]

Read this. That will help. Look for make.conf

[psic]

I think you mentioned somewhere else that you have some regular pentium machine? In this case, you san set the -arch to '-arch=i686' in /etc/make.conf. I actually have -mtune=i686 instead of -arch, but hey, it works

Also, did you do these two steps?

rm /etc/make.profile
ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1 /etc/make.profile

You have to do first the 'rm...' then the 'ln...'. The first removes the old symlink which is make.profile, the second makes a new one with the latest profile. You do all of this as root.

[Wyldeman]

Got it solved last night .
emerge --sync
ls -l /etc/make.profile
ls -l /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/
ls -l /etc/make.profile

ln -snf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop /etc/make.profile
that replaced the typo in desltop that i had.