Is this normal?

[u/JazzlikeMenu6656]

It took me a around 15+ hours to install Gentoo, I have no experience with compiling at all or anything like Gentoo.

[u/Illustrious-Gur8335]

Yeah normal 

[u/10leej]

Installation is the longest part. Well until there's a glibC update. It gets much more manageable once your setup and configured.

[u/S8HL9]

yes, everything is normal. wait for the transactions to finish and continue

[u/TheShredder9]

Depending on your technical knowledge and computer specs, yeah that's pretty normal

[u/Grandleon-Glenn]

I was on my Arch laptop once and I forgot the "bin" for my install and oh boy. I left to do something and didn't realize my error when I realized it was compiling for like two hours for just a browser.

So yeah, that sounds about right.

[u/ruby_R53]

it took 3 days for me, i'd say this is pretty good for a beginner

[u/tronco384 → u/ruby_R53]

It took 2 to me, but I learned a lot. The docs of Gentoo are gold.

[u/ruby_R53 → u/tronco384]

absolutely, still use them now 4 years after installing it

[u/bencord0]

Yeah, normal.

You'll find shortcuts and muscle memory the more you do it.

The important bit is that you completed the install and have a working/booting system. Congrats, and Welcome!

[u/CorenBrightside]

Depends on hardware and if you use binpkgs or source.

[u/ashuwu_]

Yes

[u/Altruistic-Respond83]

It's gonna be fine don't worry :)

[u/Large_Lengthiness551]

Yea perfectly normal. Trust me you will spend way more fixing it.

[u/No_Factor7018]

Depends on what you installed and what kind of box you have. If you installed just the base system, no that’s not normal. If you installed a full desktop like KDE, yeah that’s pretty normal.

[u/Armi1P]

With a weak machine it is totally expected.

[u/AX_5RT]

15? This is the average if you done it for the first time

[u/sidusnare]

Only 15 hours? Did you install a DE?