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[gentoo-user] Running Gentoo infrastructure on MacOS

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Viktar Patotski

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Apr 11, 2017, 6:30:03 PM4/11/17
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Hi List,

I know that it's possible to install Gentoo as a dual boot on a Mac Book. However I do like MacOs interface and it's power saving features. So, I have a question: Is there any way to have MacOs booted, but use Gentoo infrastructure (portage, packages etc.)? I'm aware of VirtualBox and similar options, but is there a way to be integrated in more easy way? Something similar to container based virtualisation?

Thanks,
Viktar

Ian Bloss

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Apr 11, 2017, 9:10:03 PM4/11/17
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Look up Gentoo prefix

Mick

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Apr 13, 2017, 4:30:03 AM4/13/17
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On Wednesday 12 Apr 2017 01:28:03 Viktar Patotski wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I know that it's possible to install Gentoo as a dual boot on a Mac Book.
> However I do like MacOs interface and it's power saving features.

What power saving features are you referring to? When I installed Gentoo with
a Gnome desktop on a MacBook Pro, all power features on the OSX were also
available on the Gentoo OS.


> So, I
> have a question: Is there any way to have MacOs booted, but use Gentoo
> infrastructure (portage, packages etc.)? I'm aware of VirtualBox and
> similar options, but is there a way to be integrated in more easy way?
> Something similar to container based virtualisation?
>
> Thanks,
> Viktar

I suspect you are asking for something like this?

https://blog.newrelic.com/2016/06/20/docker-osx-mac/

However there may be better ways of meeting your requirements, if you explain
what these might be in more detail (running Gentoo in containers may be a sub-
optimal solution).
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Regards,
Mick
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Sergei Trofimovich

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Apr 13, 2017, 5:10:03 AM4/13/17
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If you have some experience managing Gentoo on Linux
Gentoo Prefix on MacOS might be good enough for you:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Prefix

TL;DR: it's idea is to use EPREFIX=$HOME/gentoo/
for all portage-installed packages.

The initial installation might require a few tweaks.
irc://freenode/#gentoo-prefix people should be able to help.

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Sergei

Andrej Rode

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Apr 13, 2017, 8:30:02 PM4/13/17
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Hi,

> The initial installation might require a few tweaks.
> irc://freenode/#gentoo-prefix people should be able to help.
>

Recently a coworker installed a Gentoo prefix on his Mac and the two
things he struggled in the begining:
- libz required in the prefix is not availalbe on the system (libz on
his MacOS was too new)
- cmake has to be built without LIBUV

After fixing those issues it built straight through to stage3.

Cheers,
Andrej
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