User:Zulu Foxtrott/Parts/Installation/Host

Build toolchain
On the 'host system' (the system that provides the Linux command-line environment to be used to install Gentoo to the storage device of choice) a working regular build toolchain has to be installed. On Gentoo this is usually always the case. On Debian or derivatives like Ubuntu install the toolchain with. For other systems please consult their respective documentation.

Host architecture
Next determine the architecture of the host system (the system the current Linux command-line environment runs on):

In case the host system's and the target system's architecture are not the same, set up a cross build environment suitable for the target system's architecture. If both are the same move directly to the Installing required tools section.