ESELECT

Section: eselect (1)
Updated: February 2023
Index Return to Main Contents

---

 

NAME

eselect - Gentoo's multi-purpose configuration and management tool  

SYNOPSIS

eselect [global options] module [action]  

DESCRIPTION

eselect is Gentoo's configuration and management tool. It features modules that care for individual administrative tasks.  

OPTIONS

--brief

Set brief output mode, for use as input to other programs. (This is an experimental feature.)

--color=mode, --colour=mode

Enable or disable colour output. mode can be yes, no, or auto. The default is auto, for which colour output is enabled only if standard output is connected to a terminal.

--eprefix=path

The path that eselect should use as the offse-prefix path for its operations. Only relevant for a cros-prefix build. If neither this option nor the EPREFIX environment variable are specified, the hardcoded prefix of the build host is used as a default.

--root=path

The path that eselect should use as the target root filesystem for its operations. If not specified, the value of the ROOT environment variable is used as a default.

 

BUIL-INS

help

Displays a help screen listing all built-ins and the installed modules.

usage

Displays a minimal help screen.

version

Prints eselect's version tag.

 

MODULES

You can view a list of installed modules using

eselect modules list

For individual help on each module, please run

eselect module help

or refer to the manpage module.eselect(5).  

FULL DOCUMENTATION

Full user and developer documentation is included in Restructured Text (RST) format. The 'html' Make target can be used to generate HTML versions.  

AUTHORS

Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@gentoo.org>
Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org>
Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@gentoo.org>
Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>

---

 

Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

BUILT-INS

MODULES

FULL DOCUMENTATION

AUTHORS