From: Bill Longman <bill.longman@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 32/64bit confusion
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:07:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C752396.8040005@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C7444F2.1000401@etherstorm.net>
On 08/24/2010 03:17 PM, tparker@etherstorm.net wrote:
> On 8/24/2010 5:45 PM, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote:
>> A good idea might be to install the package app-portage/eix. It allows
>> you to, amongst other things, to search for packages in case you're
>> uncertain about a package name. The search will also tell you whether
>> the package is installed, what version as well as what use-flags there
>> are for the package.
>> There are a lot of other benefits to this application so read the man
>> page.
>
> Extremely useful, grabbing it now, thank you!
That's an understatement. I think, of all the portage tools out there, I
have used eix the most. Of course, revdep-rebuild comes in second, but
it's not even really close.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-25 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-24 20:53 [gentoo-user] 32/64bit confusion tparker
2010-08-24 21:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2010-08-24 21:45 ` Zeerak Mustafa Waseem
2010-08-24 22:17 ` tparker
2010-08-25 14:07 ` Bill Longman [this message]
2010-08-24 21:46 ` tparker
2010-08-25 12:09 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-08-24 21:44 ` [gentoo-user] " Mike Edenfield
2010-08-24 22:15 ` tparker
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