On Friday 24 March 2006 17:31, Tobiah wrote:

> > Also, instead of the .tar.gz binaries, you should try the .rpm instead at
> > first
> 
> Not sure if there is a way to install rpm's on Gentoo.

You can convert an rpm to any other format you want, including .tar.gz,
or unpack it as if it was a tarball. Note that the .tar.gz packages on
SourceForge were built on the same distribution (although an older version)
as the .rpm, and they are not really more portable.