emerge Command Examples

Gentoo Linux package manager utility. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage#emerge.

• Synchronize all packages:

emerge --sync

• Update all packages, including dependencies:

emerge -uDNav @world

• Resume a failed updated, skipping the failing package:

emerge --resume --skipfirst

• Install a new package, with confirmation:

emerge -av {{package}}

• Remove a package, with confirmation:

emerge -Cav {{package}}

• Remove orphaned packages (that were installed only as dependencies):

emerge -avc

• Search the package database for a keyword:

emerge -S {{keyword}}