Portage
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sys-apps/portage is Gentoo's package manager, and is installed by default as part of the stage3 install. See the Gentoo Handbook for more details.
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Overlays
In addition to the official repository (colloquially known as "portage tree" because of its traditional placement in /usr/portage/), there are additional repositories which in Gentoo are called overlays.
You can search through the ebuilds available in the overlays on http://overlays.gentoo.org/ by using eix.
Command-line interface: emerge
emerge is the command-line interface to the Portage system. This is how most users will interact with portage. emerge with lots of options. For a complete list see its man page:
Below you see an exemplary invocation of emerge. The options (-atv) are shortcuts for --ask, --tree and --verbose. They trigger emerge to ask before proceeding, display the dependency tree and to be verbose. package is a so called atom and refers to a portage package.
These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] category/package-3.0-r2 [2.0] USE="enabled -disabled toggled* new% (-unavailable)" MAKE_OPTIONS="-disabled" 777 kB [ebuild UD ] category/package-2.0 [3.0] 777 kB [ebuild R ] category/package-1.0 777 kB [ebuild N ] category/package-0.5 777 kB
Total: 4 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall, 1 upgrade, 1 downgrade), Size of downloads: 3108 kB
Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]See also
Relevant Gentoo Wiki pages
- GCC optimization
- Useful portage tools
- Binary package guide
- Portage tips
- /etc/portage configuration files
- Repository format
- ebuild
- PMS (Package Manager Specification)
- Overlay
- Category:Portage
- Gentoolkit
Official docs
Related sections of the Gentoo Handbook
- A Portage Introduction
- USE flags
- Portage Features
- Files and Directories
- Configuring through Variables
- Mixing Software Branches
- Additional Portage Tools
