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Latest Version
Himerge version 0.21.9 | Release Date = May - 21 - 2008 | MD5SUM Checksum file.
You also can access the himerge archive for older releases.
Installation
The recommended way for installing Himerge is using portage: emerge -av himerge.
As of the latest himerge version, you need the following packages in order to compile and install himerge: GHC >= 6.8, GHC Parallel Library, gtk2hs >= 0.9.12 or its darcs version with mozembed support enabled, eix (any version should work, but the latest one is the more recommended), gentoolkit >= 0.2.3, portage-utils >= 0.1.28, cabal (any version should work, but the latest one is the more recommended).
$ runhaskell Setup.hs configure
$ runhaskell Setup.hs build
# runhaskell Setup.hs install
The last step might need to be run as root.
Please check the readme.txt file on each package version or visit the Himerge wiki for further information about installing Himerge.
Using
Simply invoke the command: 'himerge' from the shell. Himerge can be run as a normal user , but you will need special privileges for using any emerge operation requiring so.
Usage Example
Himerge works around a queue system. This queue contains all the packages upon which you are going to act with a specific emerge option. For example, to install package A-1.1, you can surf the portage tree with the browser or enter the name of the package in the search box; select the package from the version view, and press the button queue. Now it will calculate all the necessary dependencies for A-1.1 and they will be added to a newly created queue page inside the control panel containing all the necessary dependencies for package A-1.1.
This queue will also show all the use flags options for every package dependency. Now you can choose from the main buttons bar the action you want to apply for these packages. In this specific example, the most common choice would be to install the package with all of their dependencies, so we press the emerge button.