Gentoo install guide

Ctrl + alt + F4
ping -c 3 www.gentoo.org

if it does not work:
ip link
ip link set "your device" up
iwconfig "your device"
dhcpcd "your netork device"
cfdisk /dev/sda

press enter on gpt
then use the arrow keys and enter to get the following partition table layout

grub
boot
root
swap


mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda3
swapon

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/gentoo/boot

date "month day hours minutes year"
cd /mnt/gentoo
links http://www.gentoo.org/download/mirrors/


ctrl + C

tar xvjpf stage3 [press tab here] --xatters


mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf

tab
enter

mkdir /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/repos.conf
cp /mnt/gentoo/usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/repos.conf


cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/

mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys
mount --make-rslave /mnt/gentoo/sys
mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
mount --make-rslave /mnt/gentoo/dev

chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash (or zsh)
source /etc/profile
export PS1="(Chroot) $PS1"

ping -c 3 www.gentoo.org

emerge --sync

eseselect profile list

eselect profile set "number you want here"

emerge --ask --update --deep --newuse @world


emerge --info | grep ^USE

ls /usr/share/zoneinfo

echo "time xone here" > /etc/timezone

emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data

nano -w /etc/locale.gen

locale-gen

eselect locale list

eselect locale set "number you want"

env-update && source /etc/profile && export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"

emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

ls -l /usr/src/linux

emerge sys-kernel/genkernel

nano -w /etc/fstab

genkernel all

nano -w /etc/fstab

nano -w /etc/conf.d/hostname

nano -w /etc/conf.d/net

dns_domain_lo="something here"

emerge --noreplace net-misc/netifrc

ip link

nano -w /etc/conf.d/net

cinfig_"device"="dhcp"

cd /etc/init.d

ln -s net.lo net."device name"

rc-update add net."your device name here" defualt

cd

nano -w /etc/hosts

"localhost"."domain name" "localhost name" localhost

passwd

nano -w /etc/rc.conf

nano -w /etc/keymaps

emerge app-admin/sysklogd sys-process/cronie sys-apps/mlocate

rc-update add sysklogd default

rc-update add cronie default

rc-update add mlocate default

emerge sys-fs/e2fsprogs net-misc/dhcpcd sys-boot/grub:2

grub2-install /dev/sda

grub2-mkconfig -O /boot/grub/grub.cfg

exit

cd

umount -l /mnt/gentoo

umount -l /dev

umount -l /proc

reboot

ping -c 3 www.gentoo.org

cd /usr/src/linux

make menuconfig

make && make modules_install

useradd -m -G users,wheel,audio,video -s /bin "the shell you want" "a username here"

passwd "your user that you just made"

nano -w /etc/portage/make.conf

VIDEO_CARDS="your GPU name here"

INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"

emerge xorg-server xterm

startx

nano ~/.xinitrc

xterm

exit

##### for cinnamon

emerge x11-libs/gtk+extra

nano /etc/portage/make.conf

USE="X bindset git networkmanager nls pulseaudio icu gnome-keyring opengl jpeg"

emerge gnome-extra/cinnamon

rc-update add dbus default

rc-update add consolekit default

rc-service dbus start

rc-service consolekit start

rc-service net."network device name" stop

rc-update del net."your netowrk device name" default

rc-service NetworkManager start

rc-update add NetworkManager default

nano ~/.xinitrc

exec cinnamon-session
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i3 (ill be running this)

nano /etc/portage/make.conf

USE="X bindset git networkmanager nls pulseaudio icu gnome-keyring opengl jpeg doc filecaps xinerama"

emerge x11-wm/i3 dmenu i3status i3blocks i3lock

exec /bin/i3

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other DE's/WM's can be found on the gentoo wiki