Portage Advanced Usage

This article lists some neat things you can do with Portage/emerge.

/etc/portage directory

This directory contains important configuration files for Portage.

• package.keywords lets you add keywords for individual packages.

• package.use lets you add local USE flags for certain packages. To add/remove certain languages, you can use expanded USE flags:

USE="linguas_en -linguas_fr"

emerge options

• --newuse will recompile packages that had their USE flags changed.
• --depclean will attempt to remove packages that are no longer needed as dependencies.

Useful Links

• Portage Features

• Working with Portage

• An online list of USE flags