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Pavan
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How do I see a description of a package before installing it? Something like
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kybber
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| emerge search <packagename> |
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ZagiFlyer
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Try the qpkg command. If you don't have it, it may be part of gentools.
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Naan Yaar
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gentoolkit actually.
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