README.gentoo

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Instalation and dependency resolution for Gentoo (circa Sep. 2008)
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Opencog depends on the following packages:

  dev-util/cmake dev-libs/boost sci-libs/gsl

You might need to eselect the right boost version as well.

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Additionally, it depends on the following non-official packages:

  cxxtest

which are available in the 'vendor' directory. To install them, issue
the following commands:

  prompt# cd <opencog-base-dir>
  prompt# ebuild vendor/cxxtest/gentoo/dev-cpp/cxxtest/cxxtest*.ebuild install qmerge

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Opencog also _optionally_ depends on the following packages:

  dev-db/unixODBC  -- needed for SQL persistence

  dev-scheme/guile -- needed for scheme bindings

  dev-libs/expat   -- needed for embodiment