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#distros#linux

Gentoo

Gentoo is a Linux distribution which utilizes the "portage" system.

Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/

Updating

emerge --sync 
emerge --update

Package details

Use the command equery list <package> to show the file listing

Use equery belongs <path/to/file> to show what package owns a file

See Also

eselect(5) to specify runlevels for packages.