> How do I keep emerge kdebase from looking for the internet but instead > /gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/? You could probably change /etc/make.conf to: PORTDIR=/gentoo/usr/portage DISTDIR=${PORTDIR}/distfiles But after the install is done you will probably want to change it back to: PORTDIR=/usr/portage DISTDIR=${PORTDIR}/distfiles Hope this helps some.