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|...}}
