# General Setup

1. Follow the Gentoo Handbook for installing Gentoo

	[Gentoo Handbook](http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/)
 
	Generally, you can just use the amd64 version of Gentoo, as most servers now are 64-bit compatible
	
	[amd64 handbook](http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml)
	
	

2. Install LLVM/Clang (Optional)

	Clang is a faster compiler than the default GCC. It produces binary as fast, or faster than GCC. To set up clang, 
	
	run `emerge llvm clang`
	
	and add these to lines to the top of your `/etc/make.conf` file
	
		CC=/usr/bin/clang
		CXX=/usr/bin/clang++
		
	If a package fails to compile with clang, you can comment out those lines, and recompile the package with GCC.