Run "emerge -fp libsdl". That will give you a list of files that need
to be fetched so that the package libsdl can be built. Use another
machine to fetch those files from a Gentoo mirror. Stick them in the
folder /usr/portage/distfiles.

Once you do that you should be able to emerge libsdl.

On 18 Oct 2003 14:09:36 -0700, googoff@catking.net (jean cool) wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am working through installing 1.4RC4 . Mostly going well. Have twm
>basic X and spent the day (partially) emerging kde.
>
>After about 8hrs of chugging away it dropped out because
>libsdl-1.2.5-r1 was missing.
>
>It tried to download but because the system is not setup yet there's
>no internet. (In any case my dial up its not possible apart from the
>odd file , that's why I am using a LiveCD.)
>
>Assuming this is just an odd file where do I need to put the files so
>it can continue?
>
>I will find them on another CD or download with my win98 installation
>that I am using now.
>
>I have already tried to do this with wvdial but apparently am missing
>something about how and where portage and ebuild functions.
>
>I expect to get a tarball *.tbz2 , untar it somewhere and restart
>emerge kde.
>
>Does that make sence? Where is the somewhere in question?
>
>Thanks for any advice.