DHCP installation on the Handbook must be updated. Replace "dhcpd" with "dhcp". Code Listing 5.1: Installing dhcpcd # emerge dhcpcd must be Code Listing 5.1: Installing dhcpcd # emerge dhcpc Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Starters could have problems trying to get working their internet connection.
Nope, you typed it wrong in your terminal, yet you pasted the correct information from the handbook into this bug. (Check how many versions there are) $ eix dhcpcd net-misc/dhcpcd Available versions: 2.0.5-r1 3.0.16-r1 3.1.5-r1 ~3.2.2 3.2.3 ~4.0.0_rc5 ~4.0.0 ~4.0.1 4.0.1-r1 4.0.2 [M]~4.99.2 {build compat debug static vram zeroconf} Installed versions: 4.0.2(09:25:42 PM 10/07/2008)(compat zeroconf) Homepage: http://roy.marples.name/dhcpcd Description: A DHCP client dhcpcd is the one you want to emerge; dhcp is different, and "dhcpc" and "dhcpd" are not valid packages; there are no such packages with those names. Check your spelling, and try again.