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The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

The Portage Ecosystem

emerge -uR world Ivan Lazar Miljenovic

Gentoo Down Under, LCA 2008

29 January, 2008

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Who is that guy standing up there?

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Who is that guy standing up there?

Just finished dual IT/Science (Maths,Physics) degrees

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Who is that guy standing up there?

Just finished dual IT/Science (Maths,Physics) degrees About to start Honours in (Computational) Mathematics

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Who is that guy standing up there?

Just finished dual IT/Science (Maths,Physics) degrees About to start Honours in (Computational) Mathematics Have been using Gentoo for about 1.5 years

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Who is that guy standing up there?

Just finished dual IT/Science (Maths,Physics) degrees About to start Honours in (Computational) Mathematics Have been using Gentoo for about 1.5 years An unofficial developer for the Haskell herd

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Who is that guy standing up there?

Just finished dual IT/Science (Maths,Physics) degrees About to start Honours in (Computational) Mathematics Have been using Gentoo for about 1.5 years An unofficial developer for the Haskell herd Have the highest activity statistics for the #gentoo-au IRC channel! ;-)

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

The Portage Ecosystem

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

The Portage Ecosystem

Why Ecosystem?

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

The Portage Ecosystem

Why Ecosystem? One definition:

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

The Portage Ecosystem

Why Ecosystem? One definition: [An ecosystem is] a community of organisms and their interactions with their environment.

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

The Portage Ecosystem

Why Ecosystem? One definition: [An ecosystem is] a community of organisms and their interactions with their environment. Daniel Robbins once talked about a “Gentoo Ecosystem”

• f sub-projects

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

The Portage Ecosystem

Why Ecosystem? One definition: [An ecosystem is] a community of organisms and their interactions with their environment. Daniel Robbins once talked about a “Gentoo Ecosystem”

• f sub-projects

Portage can be considered to have an ecosystem of associated tools, scripts, etc.

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

The Portage Ecosystem

Why Ecosystem? One definition: [An ecosystem is] a community of organisms and their interactions with their environment. Daniel Robbins once talked about a “Gentoo Ecosystem”

• f sub-projects

Portage can be considered to have an ecosystem of associated tools, scripts, etc. Try finding something like that in another distro!

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

What’s not covered?

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

What’s not covered?

What is Portage?

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

What’s not covered?

What is Portage? Package Manager Comparisons/Flame-wars

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

What’s not covered?

What is Portage? Package Manager Comparisons/Flame-wars How to use Portage

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

What’s not covered?

What is Portage? Package Manager Comparisons/Flame-wars How to use Portage Funroll-loops

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

What’s not covered?

What is Portage? Package Manager Comparisons/Flame-wars How to use Portage Funroll-loops The Ultimate Question about Life, the Universe and Everything

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

What’s not covered?

What is Portage? Package Manager Comparisons/Flame-wars How to use Portage Funroll-loops The Ultimate Question about Life, the Universe and Everything Anything this talk doesn’t cover ;-)

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction

Ecosystem Not Covered Material Covered

Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Covered Content

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Pre-emerge

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emerge-ing

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Other tips and tricks

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Conclusion

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Pre-emerge

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Pre-emerge Getting Ebuilds Searching for Packages Ebuild information Package editing

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Updating the Tree

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Updating the Tree

emerge –sync the normal way

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Updating the Tree

emerge –sync the normal way emerge-webrsync when rsync fails

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Updating the Tree

emerge –sync the normal way emerge-webrsync when rsync fails eix-sync sync the tree and then update eix

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Updating the Tree

emerge –sync the normal way emerge-webrsync when rsync fails eix-sync sync the tree and then update eix emerge-delta-webrsync minimise downloads when syncing

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting more packages

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting more packages

Gentoo’s Overlays correspond to other distro’s Repositories

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting more packages

Gentoo’s Overlays correspond to other distro’s Repositories Layman is a nice tool to help you manage externally-based Overlays

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting more packages

Gentoo’s Overlays correspond to other distro’s Repositories Layman is a nice tool to help you manage externally-based Overlays Still possible to have locally-based Overlays (especially in the case of Overlays you help maintain, it’s best to manage them manually)

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting more packages

Gentoo’s Overlays correspond to other distro’s Repositories Layman is a nice tool to help you manage externally-based Overlays Still possible to have locally-based Overlays (especially in the case of Overlays you help maintain, it’s best to manage them manually) Using layman is rather simple, and there are enough tutorials elsewhere (and not enough time here) to warrant covering it in detail here

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting more packages

Gentoo’s Overlays correspond to other distro’s Repositories Layman is a nice tool to help you manage externally-based Overlays Still possible to have locally-based Overlays (especially in the case of Overlays you help maintain, it’s best to manage them manually) Using layman is rather simple, and there are enough tutorials elsewhere (and not enough time here) to warrant covering it in detail here One handy tip: layman -s ALL will sync all layman-managed overlays you have

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting more packages

Gentoo’s Overlays correspond to other distro’s Repositories Layman is a nice tool to help you manage externally-based Overlays Still possible to have locally-based Overlays (especially in the case of Overlays you help maintain, it’s best to manage them manually) Using layman is rather simple, and there are enough tutorials elsewhere (and not enough time here) to warrant covering it in detail here One handy tip: layman -s ALL will sync all layman-managed overlays you have Can search overlays you don’t have installed yet, see later

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Searching for Packages

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Searching for Packages

Using emerge -{s,S} is slow

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Searching for Packages

Using emerge -{s,S} is slow http://packages.gentoo.org doesn’t let you search any more

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Searching for Packages

Using emerge -{s,S} is slow http://packages.gentoo.org doesn’t let you search any more http://www.gentoo-portage.com annoys me ;-)

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Searching for Packages

Using emerge -{s,S} is slow http://packages.gentoo.org doesn’t let you search any more http://www.gentoo-portage.com annoys me ;-) How are you going to search for packages that do what you want?

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Searching for Packages

Using emerge -{s,S} is slow http://packages.gentoo.org doesn’t let you search any more http://www.gentoo-portage.com annoys me ;-) How are you going to search for packages that do what you want? eix and esearch are the answer!

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Searching for Packages

Using emerge -{s,S} is slow http://packages.gentoo.org doesn’t let you search any more http://www.gentoo-portage.com annoys me ;-) How are you going to search for packages that do what you want? eix and esearch are the answer! Will only cover eix at this time

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

Cache ebuild meta-data to make searching faster!

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

Cache ebuild meta-data to make searching faster!

emerge -{s,S} becomes eix -{s,S}

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

Cache ebuild meta-data to make searching faster!

emerge -{s,S} becomes eix -{s,S}

Can also search other meta-data, and customize output

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

Cache ebuild meta-data to make searching faster!

emerge -{s,S} becomes eix -{s,S}

Can also search other meta-data, and customize output

eix -I much faster than equery list

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

Cache ebuild meta-data to make searching faster!

emerge -{s,S} becomes eix -{s,S}

Can also search other meta-data, and customize output

eix -I much faster than equery list

Can also limit search to stable, testing, fetch-restricted,

• etc. packages

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

Cache ebuild meta-data to make searching faster!

emerge -{s,S} becomes eix -{s,S}

Can also search other meta-data, and customize output

eix -I much faster than equery list

Can also limit search to stable, testing, fetch-restricted,

• etc. packages

update-eix updates meta-data using local tree and

• verlays

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

Cache ebuild meta-data to make searching faster!

emerge -{s,S} becomes eix -{s,S}

Can also search other meta-data, and customize output

eix -I much faster than equery list

Can also limit search to stable, testing, fetch-restricted,

• etc. packages

update-eix updates meta-data using local tree and

• verlays

update-eix-remote update will fetch pre-cached

meta-data for layman-supported overlays

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

eix

Cache ebuild meta-data to make searching faster!

emerge -{s,S} becomes eix -{s,S}

Can also search other meta-data, and customize output

eix -I much faster than equery list

Can also limit search to stable, testing, fetch-restricted,

• etc. packages

update-eix updates meta-data using local tree and

• verlays

update-eix-remote update will fetch pre-cached

meta-data for layman-supported overlays Can now find which overlays have which packages!

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting ebuild information

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting ebuild information

eix can provide a large amount of information

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting ebuild information

eix can provide a large amount of information However, not all, and not always as nicely formatted as it could be

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting ebuild information

eix can provide a large amount of information However, not all, and not always as nicely formatted as it could be Various tools have been developed to obtain information

• n various ebuilds

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting ebuild information

eix can provide a large amount of information However, not all, and not always as nicely formatted as it could be Various tools have been developed to obtain information

• n various ebuilds

Some of these are official, such as those found in gentoolkit

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Getting ebuild information

eix can provide a large amount of information However, not all, and not always as nicely formatted as it could be Various tools have been developed to obtain information

• n various ebuilds

Some of these are official, such as those found in gentoolkit Let’s examine an unofficial one, udept

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept

AFAICT, udept (command line program is called “dep”)

• riginated to bypass broken depclean, etc. behaviour in
• fficial programs

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept

AFAICT, udept (command line program is called “dep”)

• riginated to bypass broken depclean, etc. behaviour in
• fficial programs

Nowadays, it is claimed to replace qpkg, equery, etc.

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept

AFAICT, udept (command line program is called “dep”)

• riginated to bypass broken depclean, etc. behaviour in
• fficial programs

Nowadays, it is claimed to replace qpkg, equery, etc. Handy features, such as nice summary of ebuild data (versions, description, homepage, USE flags, etc.) with

dep -i <atoms>

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept

AFAICT, udept (command line program is called “dep”)

• riginated to bypass broken depclean, etc. behaviour in
• fficial programs

Nowadays, it is claimed to replace qpkg, equery, etc. Handy features, such as nice summary of ebuild data (versions, description, homepage, USE flags, etc.) with

dep -i <atoms>

List USE flags for a package: dep -u <atoms>. This includes flags such as LANG, VIDEO CARD, etc.

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept

AFAICT, udept (command line program is called “dep”)

• riginated to bypass broken depclean, etc. behaviour in
• fficial programs

Nowadays, it is claimed to replace qpkg, equery, etc. Handy features, such as nice summary of ebuild data (versions, description, homepage, USE flags, etc.) with

dep -i <atoms>

List USE flags for a package: dep -u <atoms>. This includes flags such as LANG, VIDEO CARD, etc. I think it’s package dependencies dep -l <atoms> (including reverse dependencies dep -L <atoms>) are formatted better than with equery

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept

AFAICT, udept (command line program is called “dep”)

• riginated to bypass broken depclean, etc. behaviour in
• fficial programs

Nowadays, it is claimed to replace qpkg, equery, etc. Handy features, such as nice summary of ebuild data (versions, description, homepage, USE flags, etc.) with

dep -i <atoms>

List USE flags for a package: dep -u <atoms>. This includes flags such as LANG, VIDEO CARD, etc. I think it’s package dependencies dep -l <atoms> (including reverse dependencies dep -L <atoms>) are formatted better than with equery Might want to stay away from its “springclean”, etc. functionality, as I’ve had it over-clean my package.* files in the past

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept example

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept example

Possibly my favourite feature: full keywords available for a given package

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept example

Possibly my favourite feature: full keywords available for a given package This includes local overlays

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept example

Possibly my favourite feature: full keywords available for a given package This includes local overlays Let us see the whole keywords listing for dev-lang/ghc (the Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compiler)

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

udept example

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Package editing

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Package editing

I don’t mean editing individual ebuilds

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge

Getting Ebuilds Syncing Layman Searching for Packages eix Ebuild information udept Package editing USE flags Keywording and Masking

emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Package editing

I don’t mean editing individual ebuilds Rather, this is for customizing build options of packages

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Package editing

I don’t mean editing individual ebuilds Rather, this is for customizing build options of packages Mainly, this involves editing the /etc/portage/package.* files

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emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Package editing

I don’t mean editing individual ebuilds Rather, this is for customizing build options of packages Mainly, this involves editing the /etc/portage/package.* files Will cover USE flag management and keywording/masking files

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emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

Package editing

I don’t mean editing individual ebuilds Rather, this is for customizing build options of packages Mainly, this involves editing the /etc/portage/package.* files Will cover USE flag management and keywording/masking files Don’t forget, you can still do this by hand, which is often easier for small alterations

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USE flags

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USE flags

euse Get information on USE flags, set/unset global flags

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USE flags

euse Get information on USE flags, set/unset global flags ufed USE flag editor, more advanced than euse

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USE flags

euse Get information on USE flags, set/unset global flags ufed USE flag editor, more advanced than euse profuse Different take on USE flag editing, multiple interfaces

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USE flags

euse Get information on USE flags, set/unset global flags ufed USE flag editor, more advanced than euse profuse Different take on USE flag editing, multiple interfaces flagedit Also does package keywording

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USE flags

euse Get information on USE flags, set/unset global flags ufed USE flag editor, more advanced than euse profuse Different take on USE flag editing, multiple interfaces flagedit Also does package keywording equery Lists per-package USE flags, and packages per USE flag

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emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

USE flags

euse Get information on USE flags, set/unset global flags ufed USE flag editor, more advanced than euse profuse Different take on USE flag editing, multiple interfaces flagedit Also does package keywording equery Lists per-package USE flags, and packages per USE flag udept Same as equery, but IMHO nicer interface

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Keywording and Masking

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Keywording and Masking

Common issue: wanting to try out a keyworded package, possibly a meta-package

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Keywording and Masking

Common issue: wanting to try out a keyworded package, possibly a meta-package Have to manually add each testing dependency to package.keyword

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Keywording and Masking

Common issue: wanting to try out a keyworded package, possibly a meta-package Have to manually add each testing dependency to package.keyword Solution: autounmask

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Keywording and Masking

Common issue: wanting to try out a keyworded package, possibly a meta-package Have to manually add each testing dependency to package.keyword Solution: autounmask Example: deciding to replace teT EX with T EX Live, which is currently marked as testing:

autounmask -n app-text/texlive-2007-r3

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Keywording and Masking

Common issue: wanting to try out a keyworded package, possibly a meta-package Have to manually add each testing dependency to package.keyword Solution: autounmask Example: deciding to replace teT EX with T EX Live, which is currently marked as testing:

autounmask -n app-text/texlive-2007-r3

There is also portpeek

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Keywording and Masking

Common issue: wanting to try out a keyworded package, possibly a meta-package Have to manually add each testing dependency to package.keyword Solution: autounmask Example: deciding to replace teT EX with T EX Live, which is currently marked as testing:

autounmask -n app-text/texlive-2007-r3

There is also portpeek eix can give you a full list of keyworded packages if you somehow lose your package.keywords

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emerge-ing

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emerge-ing emerge options Wrapper scripts GUIs How long is this going to take?

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emerge options

Before we do anything fancy, here are some recommended emerge customizations:

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emerge options

Before we do anything fancy, here are some recommended emerge customizations: Add parallel-fetch to FEATURES in /etc/make.conf

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emerge options

Before we do anything fancy, here are some recommended emerge customizations: Add parallel-fetch to FEATURES in /etc/make.conf

PORTAGE_COMPRESS="" will prevent emerge from

compressing the documentation files of packages

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emerge options

Before we do anything fancy, here are some recommended emerge customizations: Add parallel-fetch to FEATURES in /etc/make.conf

PORTAGE_COMPRESS="" will prevent emerge from

compressing the documentation files of packages To get tab-completion working for emerge, etc. in bash, emerge gentoo-bashcomp and then run

eselect bashcomp enable gentoo

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emerge options

Before we do anything fancy, here are some recommended emerge customizations: Add parallel-fetch to FEATURES in /etc/make.conf

PORTAGE_COMPRESS="" will prevent emerge from

compressing the documentation files of packages To get tab-completion working for emerge, etc. in bash, emerge gentoo-bashcomp and then run

eselect bashcomp enable gentoo

This also works for programs in gentoolkit, etc.

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emerge options

Before we do anything fancy, here are some recommended emerge customizations: Add parallel-fetch to FEATURES in /etc/make.conf

PORTAGE_COMPRESS="" will prevent emerge from

compressing the documentation files of packages To get tab-completion working for emerge, etc. in bash, emerge gentoo-bashcomp and then run

eselect bashcomp enable gentoo

This also works for programs in gentoolkit, etc. Sick of devs toggling USE flags (e.g. debug) and causing your emerge -avuDN world command to continually re-emerge packages every day? Try replacing -N with

• -reinstall changed-use!

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emerge wrappers

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emerge wrappers

Several people have written wrapper scripts around emerge

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emerge wrappers

Several people have written wrapper scripts around emerge These often provide extra functionality such as automatically running revdep-rebuild when required, cleaning old packages, etc.

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emerge wrappers

Several people have written wrapper scripts around emerge These often provide extra functionality such as automatically running revdep-rebuild when required, cleaning old packages, etc. Examples include upgrade and update-world

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emerge wrappers

Several people have written wrapper scripts around emerge These often provide extra functionality such as automatically running revdep-rebuild when required, cleaning old packages, etc. Examples include upgrade and update-world Latest of these is called simply update, combining features

• f both

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emerge wrappers

Several people have written wrapper scripts around emerge These often provide extra functionality such as automatically running revdep-rebuild when required, cleaning old packages, etc. Examples include upgrade and update-world Latest of these is called simply update, combining features

• f both

No ebuild for it yet, unfortunately

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emerge wrappers

Several people have written wrapper scripts around emerge These often provide extra functionality such as automatically running revdep-rebuild when required, cleaning old packages, etc. Examples include upgrade and update-world Latest of these is called simply update, combining features

• f both

No ebuild for it yet, unfortunately Don’t forget, these are as yet unfinished scripts under development not supported by upstream, so YMMV

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emerge wrappers

Several people have written wrapper scripts around emerge These often provide extra functionality such as automatically running revdep-rebuild when required, cleaning old packages, etc. Examples include upgrade and update-world Latest of these is called simply update, combining features

• f both

No ebuild for it yet, unfortunately Don’t forget, these are as yet unfinished scripts under development not supported by upstream, so YMMV Alternatively, you can just assign bash aliases to common commands (e.g. create an alias that syncs the tree and

• verlays and then updates world)

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emerge GUIs

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emerge GUIs

Despite Gentoo being primary CLI based, many people prefer GUIs

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emerge GUIs

Despite Gentoo being primary CLI based, many people prefer GUIs Several GUIs for portage exist

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emerge GUIs

Despite Gentoo being primary CLI based, many people prefer GUIs Several GUIs for portage exist Rather than discuss them, a screen shot of some active GUI projects will be shown.

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himerge

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porthole

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kuroo

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How long is this going to take?

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How long is this going to take?

Often want to know exactly how long an emerge run will take

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How long is this going to take?

Often want to know exactly how long an emerge run will take genlop to the rescue!

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Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

How long is this going to take?

Often want to know exactly how long an emerge run will take genlop to the rescue! Uses emerge time from previous installs to determine how long this emerge will take

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How long is this going to take?

Often want to know exactly how long an emerge run will take genlop to the rescue! Uses emerge time from previous installs to determine how long this emerge will take

genlop -c gives compile time left of current package

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How long is this going to take?

Often want to know exactly how long an emerge run will take genlop to the rescue! Uses emerge time from previous installs to determine how long this emerge will take

genlop -c gives compile time left of current package genlop -p takes piped input from emerge -p and gives

total emerge time for those packages

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How long is this going to take?

Often want to know exactly how long an emerge run will take genlop to the rescue! Uses emerge time from previous installs to determine how long this emerge will take

genlop -c gives compile time left of current package genlop -p takes piped input from emerge -p and gives

total emerge time for those packages Meant to have functionality to “guess” emerge time using

• nline statistics, but haven’t managed to get this to work

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Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

How long is this going to take?

Often want to know exactly how long an emerge run will take genlop to the rescue! Uses emerge time from previous installs to determine how long this emerge will take

genlop -c gives compile time left of current package genlop -p takes piped input from emerge -p and gives

total emerge time for those packages Meant to have functionality to “guess” emerge time using

• nline statistics, but haven’t managed to get this to work

Isn’t always correct (different package build, PC load, etc.)

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Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion That’s all folks!

How long is this going to take?

Often want to know exactly how long an emerge run will take genlop to the rescue! Uses emerge time from previous installs to determine how long this emerge will take

genlop -c gives compile time left of current package genlop -p takes piped input from emerge -p and gives

total emerge time for those packages Meant to have functionality to “guess” emerge time using

• nline statistics, but haven’t managed to get this to work

Isn’t always correct (different package build, PC load, etc.) There is also splat

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Post-emerge

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Post-emerge Huh? What did it say? Edit settings

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Huh? What did it say?

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Elog Edit settings

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Huh? What did it say?

emerge produces a lot of output

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Huh? What did it say?

emerge produces a lot of output devs use the elog (elog, einfo, ewarn, etc.) to inform users

• f important messages

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Huh? What did it say?

emerge produces a lot of output devs use the elog (elog, einfo, ewarn, etc.) to inform users

• f important messages

Especially when emerging a lot of packages, these messages normally get lost

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Huh? What did it say?

emerge produces a lot of output devs use the elog (elog, einfo, ewarn, etc.) to inform users

• f important messages

Especially when emerging a lot of packages, these messages normally get lost First there was the enotice script/patches/hacks to summarize these messages

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Huh? What did it say?

emerge produces a lot of output devs use the elog (elog, einfo, ewarn, etc.) to inform users

• f important messages

Especially when emerging a lot of packages, these messages normally get lost First there was the enotice script/patches/hacks to summarize these messages This functionality is now inbuilt into Portage!

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elog

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elog

Add the following to make.conf:

PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"

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elog

Add the following to make.conf:

PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"

And at least one of these:

PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error info log qa"

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elog

Add the following to make.conf:

PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"

And at least one of these:

PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error info log qa"

Create the /var/log/portage/elog/ directory, belonging to the portage group

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elog

Add the following to make.conf:

PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"

And at least one of these:

PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error info log qa"

Create the /var/log/portage/elog/ directory, belonging to the portage group Then install one of the elog readers: elogv, elogviewer, kelogviewer

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elogv

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elogviewer

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kelogviewer

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Edit settings

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Edit settings

When some packages get updated, their configuration files need to be updated

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Edit settings

When some packages get updated, their configuration files need to be updated There are two main Gentoo tools to aid you in this:

etc-update and dispatch-conf

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Edit settings

When some packages get updated, their configuration files need to be updated There are two main Gentoo tools to aid you in this:

etc-update and dispatch-conf

The latter is often considered easier to use

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Edit settings

When some packages get updated, their configuration files need to be updated There are two main Gentoo tools to aid you in this:

etc-update and dispatch-conf

The latter is often considered easier to use By editing the sample configuration files of these, they can automate a lot of the work for you

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Edit settings

When some packages get updated, their configuration files need to be updated There are two main Gentoo tools to aid you in this:

etc-update and dispatch-conf

The latter is often considered easier to use By editing the sample configuration files of these, they can automate a lot of the work for you For example, if you never edited a particular configuration file, then dispatch-conf (not sure about etc-update) will recognise this and just replace it with the new configuration file

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Other tips and tricks

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Other tips and tricks Speed up Portage

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OMG Portage is slow!

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OMG Portage is slow!

People often complain that Portage is slow

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OMG Portage is slow!

People often complain that Portage is slow This is often unfairly blamed as being Python’s fault

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OMG Portage is slow!

People often complain that Portage is slow This is often unfairly blamed as being Python’s fault Rather it is a matter of compatibility: a lot of tools, scripts, etc. all depend on Portage working the way it does

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Conclusion That’s all folks!

OMG Portage is slow!

People often complain that Portage is slow This is often unfairly blamed as being Python’s fault Rather it is a matter of compatibility: a lot of tools, scripts, etc. all depend on Portage working the way it does Implementation language isn’t the problem: Andres L¨

• h

re-implemented emerge in Haskell (calling it exi), and it wasn’t much faster

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Conclusion That’s all folks!

OMG Portage is slow!

People often complain that Portage is slow This is often unfairly blamed as being Python’s fault Rather it is a matter of compatibility: a lot of tools, scripts, etc. all depend on Portage working the way it does Implementation language isn’t the problem: Andres L¨

• h

re-implemented emerge in Haskell (calling it exi), and it wasn’t much faster However, there are a few things you can do

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Speeding up emerge

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Speeding up emerge

Use emerge -a instead of emerge -p

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Speeding up emerge

Use emerge -a instead of emerge -p If calculating dependencies is slow after syncing, try running emerge --regen

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Speeding up emerge

Use emerge -a instead of emerge -p If calculating dependencies is slow after syncing, try running emerge --regen Use a separate partition (ReiserFS is usually mentioned) for the package tree

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Conclusion That’s all folks!

Speeding up emerge

Use emerge -a instead of emerge -p If calculating dependencies is slow after syncing, try running emerge --regen Use a separate partition (ReiserFS is usually mentioned) for the package tree Use tempfs to speed up compiling (RAM is fast, disk-based I/O is slow)

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Conclusion That’s all folks!

Speeding up emerge

Use emerge -a instead of emerge -p If calculating dependencies is slow after syncing, try running emerge --regen Use a separate partition (ReiserFS is usually mentioned) for the package tree Use tempfs to speed up compiling (RAM is fast, disk-based I/O is slow) Some people recommend using either cdb or sqlite as a new database back-end to Portage

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks

Speed up Portage

Conclusion That’s all folks!

Speeding up emerge

Use emerge -a instead of emerge -p If calculating dependencies is slow after syncing, try running emerge --regen Use a separate partition (ReiserFS is usually mentioned) for the package tree Use tempfs to speed up compiling (RAM is fast, disk-based I/O is slow) Some people recommend using either cdb or sqlite as a new database back-end to Portage Note that these aren’t necessarily approved by the Portage devs

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks

Speed up Portage

Conclusion That’s all folks!

Speeding up emerge

Use emerge -a instead of emerge -p If calculating dependencies is slow after syncing, try running emerge --regen Use a separate partition (ReiserFS is usually mentioned) for the package tree Use tempfs to speed up compiling (RAM is fast, disk-based I/O is slow) Some people recommend using either cdb or sqlite as a new database back-end to Portage Note that these aren’t necessarily approved by the Portage devs Alternatively, you can try using Psyco instead of vanilla Python

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What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

Conclusion

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Conclusion What’s coming up? How can I find more?

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What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

Devs are working hard on Portage 2.2

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What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

Devs are working hard on Portage 2.2 According to Marius Mauch (aka genone), we can expect a few changes such as:

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

Devs are working hard on Portage 2.2 According to Marius Mauch (aka genone), we can expect a few changes such as:

Package sets

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

Devs are working hard on Portage 2.2 According to Marius Mauch (aka genone), we can expect a few changes such as:

Package sets Support for GLEP 42, designed to complement elog messages

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

Devs are working hard on Portage 2.2 According to Marius Mauch (aka genone), we can expect a few changes such as:

Package sets Support for GLEP 42, designed to complement elog messages License filtering

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

Devs are working hard on Portage 2.2 According to Marius Mauch (aka genone), we can expect a few changes such as:

Package sets Support for GLEP 42, designed to complement elog messages License filtering New FEATURES options

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

Devs are working hard on Portage 2.2 According to Marius Mauch (aka genone), we can expect a few changes such as:

Package sets Support for GLEP 42, designed to complement elog messages License filtering New FEATURES options World will no longer include System

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

What’s coming up?

Devs are working hard on Portage 2.2 According to Marius Mauch (aka genone), we can expect a few changes such as:

Package sets Support for GLEP 42, designed to complement elog messages License filtering New FEATURES options World will no longer include System

Hopefully, the friendly rivalry between the three package managers will lead to even more advancements!

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What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

How can I find more?

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

How can I find more?

Keep an eye on the forums, particularly “Documentation, Tips & Tricks”

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

How can I find more?

Keep an eye on the forums, particularly “Documentation, Tips & Tricks” The G{W,M}N often has a Tips & Tricks section

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

How can I find more?

Keep an eye on the forums, particularly “Documentation, Tips & Tricks” The G{W,M}N often has a Tips & Tricks section Browse through http://www.gentoo-wiki.com (note: unofficial, not always up to date, so YMMV)

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

How can I find more?

Keep an eye on the forums, particularly “Documentation, Tips & Tricks” The G{W,M}N often has a Tips & Tricks section Browse through http://www.gentoo-wiki.com (note: unofficial, not always up to date, so YMMV) Google!

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

How can I find more?

Keep an eye on the forums, particularly “Documentation, Tips & Tricks” The G{W,M}N often has a Tips & Tricks section Browse through http://www.gentoo-wiki.com (note: unofficial, not always up to date, so YMMV) Google! And don’t forget, RTFM... look through man pages,

<application> --help, example configuration files, etc.

The Portage Ecosystem Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Introduction Pre-emerge emerge-ing Post-emerge Other tips and tricks Conclusion

What’s coming up? How can I find more?

That’s all folks!

How can I find more?

Keep an eye on the forums, particularly “Documentation, Tips & Tricks” The G{W,M}N often has a Tips & Tricks section Browse through http://www.gentoo-wiki.com (note: unofficial, not always up to date, so YMMV) Google! And don’t forget, RTFM... look through man pages,

<application> --help, example configuration files, etc.

Have mark alec get you to give a talk on Portage ;-)

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That’s all folks!

Go forth and emerge some more!