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eix — Utilities for searching local Gentoo packages. Update local package cache using `eix-update`. More i

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Problem

How to use the eix command: Utilities for searching local Gentoo packages. Update local package cache using eix-update. More information: <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eix>.

Solution

eix — Utilities for searching local Gentoo packages. Update local package cache using eix-update. More information: <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eix>.

Search for a package:
eix {{query}}


Search for installed packages:
eix --installed {{query}}


Search in package descriptions:
eix --description "{{description}}"


Search by package license:
eix --license {{license}}


Exclude results from search:
eix --not --license {{license}}

Code Snippets

Search for a package

eix {{query}}

Search for installed packages

eix --installed {{query}}

Search in package descriptions

eix --description "{{description}}"

Search by package license

eix --license {{license}}

Exclude results from search

eix --not --license {{license}}

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tldr-pages: linux/eix

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