portage Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by skittleys

N	new
U	update
D	downgrade (to "­bes­t" version)
R	replacing (same version)
B	blocked
S	slot (side-­by-­side) install

euse -i FLAG	describe flag
equery hasuse FLAG	what pkgs have FLAG option
equery uses <pk­g>	what USE flags are available

all updates	emerge [-a|-p] -uDN world
uninstall w/o depend­encies	emerge -C cat/pkg
uninstall and remove depend­encies	emerge -cav cat/pkg
install specific version	emerge =cat/p­kg-1.0
revdeps	equery d cat/pkg
which pkg provides cmd	equery b which cmd
pkg info	eix cat/pkg
search portage pkg names	emerge -s <qu­ery>
search portage pkg names + descri­ptions	emerge -S <qu­ery>
list all files in pkg	equery files pkg
refresh pkg list	layman -f
search local pkgs	eix -S
list all pkgs w/ vsns	eix -l
list all pkgs compact	eix -c