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The article contains a list of helpful Portage-related tools.
| Name | Package | Homepage | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| eclean-kernel | app-admin/eclean-kernel | https://github.com/mgorny/eclean-kernel/ | Remove old kernel versions, keeping either N newest kernels or only those which are referenced by a bootloader. |
| eix | app-portage/eix | https://github.com/vaeth/eix/ | Command line tool for accessing information on installed packages, local settings, and local and external overlays |
| elogv | app-portage/elogv | https://github.com/gentoo/elogv | Curses based utility to parse the contents of elogs created by Portage. |
| enalyze | app-portage/gentoolkit | The Portage Tools Project | Gentoo's installed packages analysis and repair tool |
| equery | app-portage/gentoolkit | The Portage Tools Project | Gentoo package query tool. |
| eselect repository | app-eselect/eselect-repository | https://github.com/mgorny/eselect-repository | A tool to configure Gentoo overlays. Relies on emerge to synchronize them.) |
| euse | app-portage/gentoolkit | The Portage Tools Project | Command line USE flag editor |
| euses | app-portage/euses | https://rooversj.home.xs4all.nl/gentoo/ | Look up USE flag descriptions fast. |
| flaggie | app-portage/flaggie | https://github.com/mgorny/flaggie | A CLI-based mangler for package.* files. |
| genlop | app-portage/genlop | The Perl Project | A nice emerge.log parser. |
| layman | app-portage/layman | http://layman.sourceforge.net/ | A tool to configure and sync Gentoo overlays. See also eselect repository. |
| pfl | app-portage/pfl | https://www.portagefilelist.de/ | Searchable online file/package database for Gentoo. |
| pkgcore | sys-apps/pkgcore | https://github.com/pkgcore | Package and repository utilities. |
| pybugz | www-client/pybugz | https://github.com/williamh/pybugz | A command line interface to Gentoo Bugzilla. |
| q applets | app-portage/portage-utils | Portage Utils | Small and fast Portage helper tools written in C. |
| smart-live-rebuild | app-portage/smart-live-rebuild | https://github.com/mgorny/smart-live-rebuild | Check live packages for updates and emerge them as necessary. |
See also
- eix — a set of utilities for searching and diffing local ebuild repositories using a binary cache.
- elogv — a curses-based tool that parses the contents of elogs created by Portage.
- equery — a tool to make several common Portage operations simpler.
- Eselect/Repository — an eselect module for manipulating /etc/portage/repos.conf entries.
- euse — a suite of tools to ease the administration of a Gentoo system.
- genlop — a utility for extracting information about emerged ebuilds from Portage log files
- gentoolkit — a suite of tools to ease the administration of a Gentoo system.
- layman — a ebuild repository management tool.
- pfl — used to search for files (or strings) provided by packages that are not yet installed
- pkgcore — an alternative package manager for Gentoo that aims for high performance, extensibility, and a clean design.
- pybugz — a command line interface to Gentoo Bugzilla
- q applets — a collection of small, fast Portage query utilities written in C.