emerge

Main tool of Portage for installing, updating, and removing packages; compiled from source code.

Gentoo

Last updated: 2026-07-05 Report error

Syntax

$emerge [OPTIONS] [PACKAGES]

Examples

$emerge package-name

Examples

$emerge --sync

Examples

$emerge -C package-name

Typical use cases

Standard usage

emerge --help

Detailed Help

man emerge

Note Central tool of Gentoo; uses USE flags and compiles from source code.

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