Maybe this could help http://www.karkomaonline.com/article.php?story=20030908215509618 specially if come from rpm world.
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 23:23, Thomas Smith wrote: > I'm new to Gentoo (switching from RH9) and have become used to RPMs and > their query tools. > > I've been looking for a way to query the Portage database to determine > what's installed and get general info regarding the packages--I'm > looking for something similar to "rpm -qa". > > At the end of this > section--http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/portage-manual.xml#doc_chap3--in > the Portage user manual it indicates that there's an > app-admin/gentoolkit to assist with Portage queries. I have yet to find > this package or a way to query the Portage database. > > Can anyone direct me to the package or tools that I need in order to do > this? > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- kko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> karkomaonline -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list