portageq

Query for information about Portage, the Gentoo Linux package manager. Queryable Portage-specific environment variables are listed in /var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/info_vars. More information: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portageq.

  • Display the value of a Portage-specific environment variable:

portageq envvar variable

  • Display a detailed list of repositories configured with Portage:

portageq repos_config /

  • Display a list of repositories sorted by priority (highest first):

portageq get_repos /

  • Display a specific piece of metadata about an atom (i.e. package name including the version):

portageq metadata / ebuild|porttree|binary|… category/package BDEPEND|DEFINED_PHASES|DEPEND|…

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