Gentoo

Gentoo Linux is a computer operating system based on the Linux kernel and built using the Portage package management system.

Networking

tsocks

Use `tsocks` (the Transparent SOCKS Proxying Library) to route traffic through an SSH tunnel.

• Install `tsocks` first:

$ emerge -av tsocks
$ cp /etc/socks/tsocks.simple.example /etc/socks/tsocks.conf
$ vi /etc/socks/tsocks.conf
# Should only have the following two lines:
server = 127.0.0.1
server_port = 11024 # choose any port over 1024

• Open a new shell and SSH into a "bastion" server:

$ ssh -D 11024 bob@x.x.x.x -p2222

• Now you can install/sync:

$ tsocks emerge --sync

Misc

• Check if you are running "init" or "systemd":

$ cat /proc/1/comm
systemd

• Restart network:

$ systemctl restart network.target

External links

• Official website
• Gentoo Cheat Sheet
• systemd — on the Gentoo wiki
• Safe CFLAGS — on the Gentoo wiki
• pfl — on the Gentoo wiki
• eix — a set of utilities for searching and diffing your local portage-tree and overlays using a binary cache.
• gentoolkit
• Overlays
• Gnome extensions

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