Translations:Ebuild repository/98/en

The provides the package's name, version, where to get sources from, available, , website etc. Dependency information in ebuilds allows Portage to pull in any other packages required to build and run a package that is to be installed - no more, no less. Dependencies are very granular in Gentoo, they will even vary depending on what use flags are selected, for ultimate selectivity. Perhaps most importantly, ebuilds contain the information required to, (compile), , and  each package - usually from a project's own source code.