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merge clewn in gentoo

What merge commands do I have to give to get clewn in Gentoo?

Thanks,
Dan

emerge --sync
emerge -s clewn
emerge -v clewn

# if it still misses clewn, you probably have a maskedpackage, which either needs to be unmasked or installedusing equery

dwcronin

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ahoffmann
I did, following the above statements,
emerge --sync

When I tried to do the second statement, it doesn't find
clewn. How do I see if it is masked and then unmask it?
Why are some files masked? Does this mean they are unreliable?

Dan

ravenpl

clewn (whatever it is) is not in gentoo portage tree. You have to download sources and install manually.Install instructions should be shipped along with source package.
Usually it is: unpack, run './configure', then run 'make' then run 'make install'

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ravenpl

And have You created the ebuild? And have You configured portage-overlay? If so tell us how. We'll know for future questions.

noci

At least I was expecting this to be extended a little.

See here for overlays & ebuilds.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_an_Updated_Ebuild
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds

Then there is the layer manager:
layman to have multiple alternate overlays.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing

Also report the ebuild through http://bugs.gentoo.org
It might end up in the distro.