Eix

eix - a set of utilities for searching, diffing and updating a binary cache of your local portage-trees

How to use it

eix  to search the full name of the package eix -I  to search the full name of the package but only in the installed packages

eix -S  to search the term in the description of the package

update-eix

update-eix generates a binary cache from your local portage-tree and overlays.

eix-sync eix-sync can sync the portage/overlay trees

Options

* -h, --help Print a help screen and exit.

* -V, --version Print version and exit.