Package Management

Packages are group of files which are used by the same program.There are several systems for managing packages in the Linux System.In Gentoo we use portage.

Portage unpacks the packets and installs all the files through the command emerge.

That is, by typing in emerge -<application-package> you can install the package and all that will be required manually is to restart the computer after the installation is complete.

-Taken from Office 142 Discussions