Emerge

The emerge command-line tool is the heart of the Gentoo Linux package management system known as Portage. The command is fairly complex with many options and modifiers. It is written in the Python programming language. The emerge tool is the most important utility to access the features of Portage from the command line.

External links

• Portage Introduction
• Unofficial informative portage howto/guide
• Gentoo wiki's emerge MAN page
• Gentoo Development Guide