Re: Low bandwidth/limited time online installation?

Matthew Law <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
> Pulled straight from the FAQ:
> I have only slow modem connection at home. Can I download sources somewhere
> else and add them to my system?
> Definitely. You can run emerge --pretend package to see what programs are
> going to be installed. Download sources and bring them on any media home.
> Put the sources into /usr/portage/distfiles and run emerge package to see
> it picking up the sources you just brought in!

D'OH! Thanks. I've been using Linux long enough to know that I should RTFM!
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