Package management
emerge
Main tool of Portage for installing, updating, and removing packages; compiled from source code.
Gentoo
Verified: 2025-09-09
Syntax
$emerge [OPTIONEN] [PAKETE]
Examples
$emerge paketname
$emerge --sync
$emerge -C paketname
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
emerge --help
Note
Central tool of Gentoo; uses USE flags and compiles from source code.
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