On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 21:16:09 +0100, "Anno v. Heimburg"
<anno.usenet@vonheimburg.de> wrote:

>bigNuts wrote:
>
>> Ok - before I start my Gentoo install , I just wanna know
>> Is it possible to install packages (binaries or source) that aren't Gentoo
>> specific ie would I be able to use rpm packages or would that screw the
>> system up?
>
>Source - definitly. Cleanest ist to install to /usr/local, portage doesn't
>touch that.
>
>You can get rpm as a gentoo package. Installing rpm packages *should not*
>mess up your system, but I *could*. Best way here, too, is to --relocate
>to /usr/local
>
>Anno.

Gentoo likes to install binary packages to /opt. That's where I've
been installing programs that do not have an ebuild (there aren't many
of them).