[ Thanks to lh8
for this link. ]
“Gentoo Linux is perhaps the most-used source-based Linux
distribution. One secret to its success is the powerful and handy
Portage package management system. While Gentoo comes with
extensive documentation covering most aspects of using Portage, the
techniques described in Gentoo’s handbook and other documentation
are not always the most effective ones. Here are some insider tips
that can greatly increase your productivity.“Before you install a package, you usually look for it via
Portage’s search capabilities. Portage’s emerge utility has
–search and –searchdesc options, but using them is not enjoyable,
because they take a long time to run. That’s why we’ve seen the
emergence of third-party search front ends for Portage, such as
esearch and eix…”