Portage tips

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Tips

Search packages using a regular expression:

root #emerge -s '%^python$'

List all packages in a category:

root #emerge -s '@net-ftp'

Before upgrading the system, edit /var/lib/portage/world and comment out all packages you no longer want. After the upgrade, you can remove unneeded packages with the following command:

root #emerge --ask --depclean

Resume a failed build and skip the failing package:

root #emerge --resume --skipfirst

See also

• Portage — the official package manager and distribution system for Gentoo.
• Useful Portage tools — provides a list of Gentoo-specific system management tools, notably for Portage, available in the ebuild repository.