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ebuild — A low level interface to the Gentoo Portage system. More information: <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/

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Problem

How to use the ebuild command: A low level interface to the Gentoo Portage system. More information: <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ebuild>.

Solution

ebuild — A low level interface to the Gentoo Portage system. More information: <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ebuild>.

Create or update the package manifest:

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} manifest

Clean the temporary build directories for the build file:

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} clean

Fetch sources if they do not exist:

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} fetch

Extract the sources to a temporary build directory:

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} unpack

Compile the extracted sources:

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} compile

Install the package to a temporary install directory:

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} install

Install the temporary files to the live filesystem:

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} qmerge

Fetch, unpack, compile, install, and qmerge the specified ebuild file:

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} merge

Code Snippets

Create or update the package manifest

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} manifest

Clean the temporary build directories for the build file

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} clean

Fetch sources if they do not exist

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} fetch

Extract the sources to a temporary build directory

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} unpack

Compile the extracted sources

ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} compile

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