Tag Archives: ebuild

Gentoo and the Next ATI Drivers (Catalyist 7.11)

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Dennis

As of a couple days ago, ATI released their next drivers for Linux. The drivers were previously announced to be versioned 8.43.x but ATI has converted to a new numbering system that follows the popular YEAR.MONTH notation. The 7.11 drivers … Continue reading →

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Installing PgAdmin3 1.8.0 with Gentoo Linux

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Dennis

Today, my quest for the latest and greatest software has led me to a new release of PgAdmin3. The Gentoo ebuilds for the project are terribly out of date. Before setting out to install the new version of this software, … Continue reading →

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Upgrading to Xorg-X11 7.3 with ati-drivers 8.42.3 on Gentoo

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Dennis

I’m a sucker for bleeding edge technology. After posting before about upgrading to the 8.42.3 ati drivers, I realized I was using Xorg-X11 7.2, not 7.3, which is the latest. The latest 7.3 ebuild contains a block on the ati … Continue reading →

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The perennially late Gentoo gnome-light ebuilds

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Dennis

If you run Gentoo Linux for your desktop, and you happen to favor the Gnome desktop environment, you may have noticed the incredible number of packages that need to be installed in order to install the gnome ebuild. The ability … Continue reading →

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