Installing Packages

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The mine utility can install .gem files. just run mine without arguments to get an overview of the options.

Installing a binary

If the program you want to install is already packaged then all you have to do is to build it from the ROCK tree. There is a list of availible packages at https://www.rocklinux.net/packages. Template:Stub

Installing from source

Basically, if you know what the package is called, all you need to do is

rocket emerge <package name>

This will handle all the steps like config creation, download, etc. for you, the source tree used is the one that came (or should have come) with your distribution located in /usr/src/rock-src. Note however, that dependencies still aren't resolved - but that should change in the very near future. In the meantime, there is a script scripts/Create-DepList, and will be the script internally used by rocket emerge to resolve dependencies.

If the program you want to install is not packaged yet then you can create the package yourself and submit it to ROCK for inclusion. Have a look at Creating Packages and Submitting Patches for that.

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