You do realize that there is currently more than 20 GB of source for
packages that can be installed, right? There is no way that you can
install everything from a single CD, or even DVD. The best thing for
you to do if you have a slow or non-existant internet connection at
home is to take your machine somewhere else where the connection is
faster and then to run "emerge -f <package name>" where package name
is the program you want to install (in this case, KDE). This will
download all the source files needed for that program and all
dependancies.

On 19 Oct 2003 04:37:17 -0700, googoff@catking.net (jean cool) wrote:

>Jason <noneofyourbusiness@biteme.net> wrote in message news:<7tj3pvc319curdm8uav38mi3ku1r64sre6@4ax.com>. ..
>> 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.
>>
>Thanks , that's what I did and it got one step on. Now it's missing
>another file. Seems like the CD I got is missing a whole bunch of
>stuff.
>
>I am now battling to get ppp set up on gentoo so it can spend a week
>filling in the gaps with my dialup connection.
>
>I was hoping to get a working gui with a few tools to help but it
>looks like I will have to do it the hard way.
>
>Looks like I will be a Linux guru by the time I get a working sys but
>at least it will save time later.
>
>Thanks..