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== emerge options == | == 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 == | == Useful Links == |
Revision as of 08:49, 12 January 2007
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.