Prefix

Article description::Gentoo Prefix can be thought of as being a little like an app store, along the lines of Homebrew, Snap, or Flatpak, for example - opening the power of a source-based distribution to systems that don't have such functionality - bringing the power of Gentoo to other distributions.

Gentoo prefix grants access to the huge amount of up-to-date software from the Gentoo ebuild repository, as well as from GURU, and from any other publicly accessible repository. It brings with it the great flexibility of the USE flag system, with easy installation, updates, and removal of packages.

Gentoo Prefix is installed onto a system as a third party piece of software, and will work with with most Linux, and some Unix(like), systems.

While the Gentoo Linux distribution is traditionally used to install a Linux kernel with a boot loader, like most other Linux distributions, Prefix is a way of installing a Gentoo system in a non-standard location, designated by a 'prefix', on a preexisting system.

Prefix is tested on many GNU/Linux distributions, and should work on most. Of course, Prefix can also be used on a Gentoo installation.

See the Prefix project page for more information.