§2023-10-30

• eix

eix is a set of utilities for searching and diffing local ebuild repositories using a binary cache. The cache allows relatively fast queries, and should be generated after each Portage sync.

eix is both more efficient and more flexible than the emerge --search command. eix comes with colorized output which helps users easily find the needed package information.

For more information on eix, read its man page: man eix.

# emerge --ask app-portage/eix
# eix-update
# eix budgie-meta
[I] gnome-extra/budgie-meta [1]
     Available versions:  ~10.8 (~)10.8.2 {all-packages minimal}
     Installed versions:  10.8.2(06:13:34 PM 10/29/2023)(-all-packages -minimal)
     Homepage:            https://blog.buddiesofbudgie.org/
     Description:         Meta ebuild for Budgie Desktop with all official releases of needed packages

[1] "SarahMiaOverlay" /var/db/repos/SarahMiaOverlay