# Gentoo Linux install

**URL:** <https://community.thinlinc.com/t/gentoo-linux-install/267>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** linux, thinlinc\
**Created:** [3 November 2021 07:10 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/gentoo-linux-install/267 "2021-11-03T07:10:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mlcarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@mlcarson](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/mlcarson)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2021 07:10 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/gentoo-linux-install/267/1 "2021-11-03T07:10:09Z")

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Has anybody successfully been able to install ThinLinc on Gentoo? I’m using Redcore Linux – a Gentoo variant – which wouldn’t have a RPM or DEB package manager by default. It also uses OpenRC as an Init system.

I installed TigerVNC on the system and am pretty happy with it but it’d be nice to have all of the features of ThinLinc.

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**Author:** ![samuel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/samuel/32/335_2.png) [@samuel](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/samuel)\
**Post date:** [5 November 2021 12:31 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/gentoo-linux-install/267/2 "2021-11-05T12:31:50Z")

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I’d say not having systemd is a bit more problematic than not having RPM or DPKG. I’m not familiar with OpenRC and therefore I’m unsure if the services can be easily ported.

I believe we have people using ThinLinc on Arch Linux, perhaps you can find some helpful information looking into that.

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**Author:** ![mlcarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@mlcarson](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/mlcarson)\
**Post date:** [6 November 2021 19:58 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/gentoo-linux-install/267/3 "2021-11-06T19:58:29Z")

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Well that’s unfortunate. I don’t even see Systemd as a requirement in the documentation.

Too bad they can’t simply make this a Flatpak.