GF3: How do I get a list of installed packages?

[pjp]

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Q: How do I get a list of installed packages?

A: The qpkg tool comes in handy for this task. You may need to emerge gentoolkit to use it.

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qpkg -I

This will show a list of installed packages, but will not differentiate versions.
Example:

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# qpkg -I glib
dev-libs/glib *
gnome-extra/glibwww *
sys-libs/glibc *

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qpkg -I -v

This will show a list of installed packages in verbose format. Verbose will show multiple versions of the same package.
Example:

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# qpkg -I -v glib
sys-libs/glibc-2.2.5-r7 *
dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r4 *
dev-libs/glib-2.0.7 *
gnome-extra/glibwww-0.2-r2 *

Also see: man qpkg


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[kallamej]

Qpkg is deprecated in favour of equery, which is also included in app-portage/gentoolkit. The equivalent of qpkg -I -v is

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equery list

See man equery, equery --help and equery list --help for more information.