Gentoo: A ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕗𝕪 Install Guide

A calm, no-nonsense guide on how to install a minimal Gentoo system.

0:00 Introduction
0:06 Why I'm using Linux Mint
0:37 Switching to root
0:54 Partitioning the disks
1:34 Formatting the partitions
2:03 Making /mnt/gentoo
2:23 Mounting the partitions
2:59 Installing a stage tarball
3:06 Checking the date
3:38 Picking a tarball
4:11 Downloading the tarball
4:27 Extracting the tarball
4:46 Configuring compile options
5:09 Setting MAKEOPTS
6:10 Selecting mirrors
6:51 Copying DNS info
7:10 Mounting Gentoo
7:33 Fixing /dev/shm
8:05 Chrooting into Gentoo
8:35 Running emerge-webrsync
8:51 Reading news items with eselect
9:21 Choosing a profile
10:29 What do profiles actually do?
10:54 What are USE flags?
11:47 How to configure USE flags
13:05 Why you should change USE flags
13:25 Updating the world set
14:11 Setting ACCEPT_LICENSE
15:01 Timezone
15:29 Locale
16:18 Kernel configuration
16:48 Sike! We're installing a binary!
16:53 Picking an Installkernel
17:18 Installing the binary kernel
17:43 Note on kernel modules
17:56 Note on linux-firmware
18:06 Generating the fstab
18:28 Switching back to the mint user
18:46 Running genfstab
19:07 Editing the fstab
19:38 Note on networking
19:47 Hostname
20:08 Hosts file
20:19 Root password
20:45 Note on init/keymap config
20:55 Installing additional packages
21:34 Bootloader (GRUB)
22:29 Configuring sudo
22:53 Adding a user
23:22 Setting the user password
23:33 Deleting the stage archive
23:43 Time to reboot!
24:02 First boot into Gentoo
24:18 Increasing font size
24:24 Screenfetch for the memes
24:32 Note on Xorg
25:14 Troubleshooting tips
25:23 Outro

[kingofbubbles]

Your Arch install was what took me to your channel, fastest Gentoo installation guide I've seen, this is very well formatted and thorough. Thank you.

[victorjo]

This is the fastest tutorial for a Gentoo install that I have ever seen.Great job

[notmiuq]

first tutorial that worked, i was tryna install with the handbook but with your video i got to install gentoo for the first time ever, thx bro

[nothingiseverperfect]

You truly do make this so calm and less nerve wracking. Gentoo will be in my list some day, and when I get to it, I will surely use this video. Thank you.

[francescovolpini]

might be one of the better quick guides yet. considered doing one with an alternative init system such as runit or s6?

[okamiboi]

This might be the best install guide of any that I've seen, really friendly for new users. This might even make me switch to Gentoo after all. 😅

[astrolul]

im a gentoo user myself, been using it for around 4 months and I love it!

[DJNightchild]

Rule of thumb in case of swap:
-Do you use hibernate? swap = RAM*2
-If hibernate is not used, do you have more then 4 GiB of ram? swap = round(√RAM) i.e. 8GiB ram; round(√8) = 3GiB of swap.
-If hibernate is not used. your ram is equal or lower then 4Gib, but your ram is equal or higher then 2Gib? swap = RAM
-Otherwise, swap = RAM*2

[walkxfyi]

Great guide. Loud fans, very accurate. 11/10

[amogid]

This is the best Linux installation tutorial. If a tutorial of any kind has calm, deeply explained things, then you know that it is good.

[ybenax]

You’re really good at doing these walkthrough videos. Thank you for your work and keep going with the great job.

[Milena-ixmq]

I've always wanted to try Gentoo, but my skills are not so great to install a distro without a gui, so this video is extremely important for me! Thank you!

[bogger]

This in combination with the wiki got me a working Gentoo machine, very good 10/10

[improvisedchaos]

@2:50 ; those two commands to create directory and mount sda1 should be default in the handbook - listed where you placed the command. It's sensible and helps prevent future mistakes. Thanks for your video

[ricardoribeiroprudencio]

That was my first try installing Gentoo and it worked like a charm. On a 4c/4t laptop it took around 8 or so hours to compile the base, still need to compile the rest though....

[MtnTechie]

Love the elevator music and calm tone of voice.

[kardeslerim-turkishdramaen]

Why is this video having so less this is by far the best gentoo install video...

[SpreadiesInSpace]

Denshi, from your Arch speedrun to your Arch Comfy Guide then this, then the Gentoo Xorg guides, I learned SO MUCH without drowning in google searches, wrong sections of documentation or like when I was trying to work with Slackware dependency hell, you made me ENJOY the process. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was an Ubuntu only user since 2006, and here I am now in 2022 (and in merely weeks) comfortable with Arch, Void, FreeBSD, Slackware and Gentoo (listed in my opinion of how difficult it was for me).

[caparazo]

Hmm, comfy indeed. Thank you for uploading this installation.

[gwshqcs]

If you set your kernel to build a stub kernel, you do not need grub at all. EFI will just boot your kernel directly. You do need to set up your BIOS/UEFI to select this; however.