>>> Portage information query tool
>>> 2.2.20.1
>>> Usage: portageq <command> [<option> ...]
Available commands:
all_best_visible <eroot>
Returns all best_visible packages (without .ebuild).
available_eclasses <eroot> <repo_id>+
Returns space-separated list of available eclasses for specified repository.
best_version <eroot> <category/package>
Returns highest installed matching category/package-version (without .ebuild).
best_visible <eroot> [pkgtype] <atom>
Returns category/package-version (without .ebuild).
The pkgtype argument defaults to "ebuild" if unspecified,
otherwise it must be one of ebuild, binary, or installed.
colormap Display the color.map as environment variables.
config_protect Returns the CONFIG_PROTECT paths.
config_protect_mask Returns the CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK paths.
contents <eroot> <category/package>
List the files that are installed for a given package, with
one file listed on each line. All file names will begin with
<eroot>.
distdir Returns the DISTDIR path.
eclass_path <eroot> <repo_id> <eclass>+
Returns the path to specified eclass for specified repository.
envvar <variable>+
Returns a specific environment variable as exists prior to ebuild.sh.
Similar to: emerge --verbose --info | egrep '^<variable>='
expand_virtual <eroot> <atom>
Returns a \n separated list of atoms expanded from a
given virtual atom (GLEP 37 virtuals only),
excluding blocker atoms. Satisfied
virtual atoms are not included in the output, since
they are expanded to real atoms which are displayed.
Unsatisfied virtual atoms are displayed without
any expansion. The "match" command can be used to
resolve the returned atoms to specific installed
packages.
filter_protected <eroot>
Read filenames from stdin and write them to stdout if they are protected.
All filenames are delimited by \n and must begin with <eroot>.
gentoo_mirrors Returns the mirrors set to use in the portage configuration.
get_repo_path <eroot> <repo_id>+
Returns the path to the repo named argv[1], argv[0] = $EROOT
get_repos <eroot>
Returns all repos with names (repo_name file) argv[0] = $EROOT
has_version <eroot> <category/package>
Return code 0 if it's available, 1 otherwise.
is_protected <eroot> <filename>
Given a single filename, return code 0 if it's protected, 1 otherwise.
The filename must begin with <eroot>.
license_path <eroot> <repo_id> <license>+
Returns the path to specified license for specified repository.
list_preserved_libs <eroot>
Print a list of libraries preserved during a package update in the form
package: path. Returns 1 if no preserved libraries could be found,
0 otherwise.
mass_best_version <eroot> [<category/package>]+
Returns category/package-version (without .ebuild).
mass_best_visible <eroot> [<type>] [<category/package>]+
Returns category/package-version (without .ebuild).
The pkgtype argument defaults to "ebuild" if unspecified,
otherwise it must be one of ebuild, binary, or installed.
master_repos <eroot> <repo_id>+
This is an alias for the master_repositories command.
master_repositories <eroot> <repo_id>+
Returns space-separated list of master repositories for specified repository.
match <eroot> <atom>
Returns a \n separated list of category/package-version.
When given an empty string, all installed packages will
be listed.
metadata <eroot> <pkgtype> <category/package> [<key>]+
Returns metadata values for the specified package.
Available keys: DEFINED_PHASES,DEPEND,DESCRIPTION,EAPI,HDEPEND,HOMEPAGE,INHERITED,IUSE,KEYWORDS,LICENSE,PDEPEND,PROPERTIES,PROVIDE,RDEPEND,REQUIRED_USE,RESTRICT,SLOT,SRC_URI
owners <eroot> [<filename>]+
Given a list of files, print the packages that own the files and which
files belong to each package. Files owned by a package are listed on
the lines below it, indented by a single tab character (\t). All file
paths must either start with <eroot> or be a basename alone.
Returns 1 if no owners could be found, and 0 otherwise.
pkgdir Returns the PKGDIR path.
portdir Returns the PORTDIR path.
Deprecated in favor of get_repo_path command.
portdir_overlay Returns the PORTDIR_OVERLAY path.
Deprecated in favor of get_repos & get_repo_path or repos_config commands.
pquery [options] [atom]+
Emulates a subset of Pkgcore's pquery tool.
repos_config <eroot>
This is an alias for the repositories_configuration command.
repositories_configuration <eroot>
Returns the configuration of repositories.
vdb_path Returns the path used for the var(installed) package database for the
set environment/configuration options.
Pkgcore pquery compatible options:
usage: portageq pquery [options] [atom ...]
Repository matching options:
--no-filters no visibility filters (ACCEPT_KEYWORDS, package
masking, etc)
--repo REPO repository to use (all repositories are used by
default)
Package matching options:
--herd HERD exact match on a herd
--maintainer-email MAINTAINER_EMAIL
comma-separated list of maintainer email regexes to
search for
Output formatting:
-n, --no-version collapse multiple matching versions together
