Gentoo Questions

[Collins]

On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 13:35:24 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb"
<bholcomb at intergate.com> wrote:
> That sounds good.
> 
> One reason I use RPM is to track what's installed on my system. 
> Does Portage let you see what you have and what version ala rpm -q?
> 
> > I switched from Caldera to Gentoo because of the package
> > availability problem. So far Gentoo developers have not
> > disappointed me. It seems like a week or two after something new
> > comes out there is a Gentoo ebuild available for it, sometimes
> > even sooner. There is a package list and a daily changelog on
> > their website, check it out. Gentoo is easy to update & keep
> > current. Works For Me (tm).
> > 

In a word, yes.  Once you are up and running on gentoo, emerge the
gentoolkit package, and you can query the packages easily. There is
even a KDE/QT based gui interface to portage).

Or, if you like simple *nix tools, just 'find /var/db/pkg -name
"*.ebuild" | grep xyz' to get a list and look for a specific package
xyz.  The directory listed in the command is the installed packages
database for portage.

--
Collins Richey - Denver Area
Gentoo 1.4 system