On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:58:49 -0500, Brian Evans <grknight@scent-team.com> wrote: Brian> emerge is the Gentoo package manager. Brian> Brian> Brief HowTo: Brian> Brian> 1. Grab the ebuilds and related files into a directory: "git Brian> clone http://github.com/grknight/mariadb-gentoo.git" Brian> 2. Add the directory to your PORTDIR_OVERLAY in /etc/make.conf. Brian> e.g. PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/mariadb-gentoo" Brian> 3. Copy the files from the distfiles directory in the repository Brian> to /usr/portage/distfiles. (This is for mariadb patches that Brian> differ from Gentoo main.) Brian> 4. Add dev-db/mariadb to your /etc/portage/package.keywords and Brian> add any optional features (USE flags) to Brian> your /etc/portage/package.use 5. emerge mariadb I've added the how-to to the page. http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/Building_MariaDB:Gentoo Thanks! -- Daniel Bartholomew Monty Program - http://askmonty.org