eix
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Links
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http://gentoo-portage.com/app-portage/eix

Description
===========

``eix`` is a tool for the Gentoo Linux portage system.  It uses indexing to
allow quick searches through the package tree.

Install
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::

  emerge -av eix

Setup
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Create the database cache of Portage settings:

::

  update-eix

Usage
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``eix`` *package name* e.g.

::

  eix apr-util

Sample
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::

  weezy ~ # eix apr-util
  [I] dev-libs/apr-util
       Available versions:
          (0)     0.9.12 0.9.12-r1 [M]~0.9.13
          (1)     1.2.8 ~1.2.8-r1
          {berkdb gdbm ldap mysql postgres sqlite sqlite3}
       Installed versions:  0.9.12-r1(17:08:43 07/13/07)(-berkdb gdbm -ldap)
                            1.2.8(1)(17:11:32 07/13/07)(-berkdb gdbm -ldap -postgres -sqlite -sqlite3)
       Homepage:            http://apr.apache.org/
       Description:         Apache Portable Runtime Library