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eselect repository

An eselect module for configuring ebuild repositories for Portage. After enabling a repository, you have to run emerge --sync repo_name to download ebuilds. More information: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eselect/Repository.

eselect repository list

  • List enabled repositories:

eselect repository list -i

  • Enable a repository from the list by its name or index from the list command:

eselect repository enable {{name|index}}

  • Enable an unregistered repository:

eselect repository add {{name}} {{rsync|git|mercurial|svn|...}} {{sync_uri}}

  • Disable repositories without removing their contents:

eselect repository disable {{repo1 repo2 ...}}

  • Disable repositories and remove their contents:

eselect repository remove {{repo1 repo2 ...}}

  • Create a local repository and enable it:

eselect repository create {{name}} {{path/to/repo}}