portage
[MIRROR] Package management system (by gentoo)
pkgcore
a framework for package management (by pkgcore)
| portage | pkgcore | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | |
| 520 | 97 | |
| 1.0% | - | |
| 9.7 | 8.3 | |
| 4 days ago | about 1 month ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
portage
Posts with mentions or reviews of portage.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-14.
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Gentoo installations older than >2years (pre 2021-02-22), need your help regarding a suspected bug
not a bug, you missed this where its intentionally disabled on existing installations because it could cause corruption.
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automatic snaps of btrfs when updating?
Bugs already there https://bugs.gentoo.org/839777, implementation as well: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/933
- Questions About Network Interfaces, Swap, TMPFS, ZRAM, ZSwap and the Distribution Kernel
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Am I just being weird or does bash scripting have syntax on the weirder end of the spectrum?
Portage is written in Python.
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And I thought my 128GB of RAM are enough :D
* except the headaches I get when I try to wrap my mind around the codebase
- PSA: If you use GNU/Linux and then install proprietary software like itunes and discord and google chrome on top of it, you may as well just use Windows or MacOS. GNU/Linux is for free software.
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Two friends start exploring the joys of Gentoo together. [2 img]
Libreboot repositories for a free open-source bios implementation, and Portage for the Gentoo GNU/Linux operating system.
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How can I confirm that PORTAGE_NICENESS is working?
Note that due Linux's autogroup scheduling feature, PORTAGE_NICENESS may not have the effect that you think it has. You may want to try my patches for portage which add autogroup scheduling into account: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/pull/693
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How do USE flags work under the hood?
It's complicated, but line 726 is a good place to start the path to understanding : https://github.com/gentoo/portage/blob/master/lib/portage/dep/__init__.py
pkgcore
Posts with mentions or reviews of pkgcore.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-26.
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Review: (Positive) - First time user - Fresh Install
I'd have to disagree with this... while it's true that Portage does do a lot more work than binary package managers, one of the main reasons it's slow is because it's written in Python and because it's quite a lot of legacy code that has been tacked onto/improved over the years. Pkgcore is also written in Python but is much faster at dependency resolution (9 sec vs. Portage's 30s for a emerge -uDvp @world).
What are some alternatives?
When comparing portage and pkgcore you can also consider the following projects:
PyInstaller - Freeze (package) Python programs into stand-alone executables
bootchart - merge of bootchart-collector and pybootchartgui
portage-utils - [MIRROR] Small and fast Portage helper tools written in C