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A list of all packages emerged on a Gentoo Linux system can be found in the files:

List all packages installed[]

Method 1[]

  • execute: equery list "*"
Example output
 * Searching for * ...
[IP-] [  ] app-accessibility/festival-2.1:0
[IP-] [  ] app-accessibility/speech-tools-2.1-r1:0
[IP-] [  ] app-admin/conky-1.8.1-r3:0
[IP-] [  ] app-admin/eselect-1.2.15:0
[IP-] [  ] app-admin/eselect-boost-0.3:0
[IP-] [  ] app-admin/eselect-cblas-0.1:0

Method 2[]

If you do not have gentoolkit installed (that provides equery) and do not want to install it, you can just use the package "database" in /var/db/pkg:

  • cd /var/db/pkg/ && ls -d */*
Example output
..
x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-0.8.90/
x11-themes/tango-icon-theme-extras-0.1.0-r1/
x11-wm/openbox-3.5.0-r1/
x11-wm/twm-1.0.7/
xfce-base/exo-0.6.2/
xfce-base/garcon-0.1.9/
xfce-base/libxfce4ui-4.8.0/
..

to remove the ending slash for a more standard output try

  • cd /var/db/pkg/ && ls -d */*|sed 's/\/$//'


Or you can skip changing directorise entirely with

  • ls -d /var/db/pkg/*/*| cut -f5- -d/

Method 3[]

Using list-gentoo-packages.sh script, displays installs packages and the USE flags

Example Output
...
x11-libs/Xaw3d-1.5-r1
x11-libs/cairo-1.8.8 +X +opengl +svg -cleartype -debug -directfb -doc -glitz -xcb
x11-libs/gtk+-2.16.6 +cups +jpeg +tiff -debug -doc -jpeg2k -test -vim-syntax -xinerama
x11-libs/libICE-1.0.5 +ipv6 -debug
x11-libs/libSM-1.1.1 +ipv6 +uuid -debug -elibc_FreeBSD
x11-libs/libX11-1.2.2 +ipv6 +xcb -debug
x11-libs/libXScrnSaver-1.1.3 -debug
...

List all packages you directly installed[]

These are packages that you requested emerge to install. This does not include their dependencies.

List installed Packages (requires root)

  • cat /var/lib/portage/world
Example output
...
www-plugins/adobe-flash
www-plugins/gecko-mediaplayer
x11-apps/mesa-progs
x11-apps/xrandr
x11-base/xorg-server
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
x11-misc/fbpanel
...




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