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emerge (manual) is a Gentoo Linux package management tool.

  emerge: the other white meat (command-line interface to the Portage system)
  Usage:
     emerge [ options ] [ action ] [ ebuild | tbz2 | file | @set | atom ] [ ... ]
     emerge [ options ] [ action ] < system | world >
     emerge < --sync | --metadata | --info >
     emerge --resume [ --pretend | --ask | --skipfirst ]
     emerge --help [ --verbose ] 
  Options: -[abBcCdDefgGhjkKlnNoOpPqrsStuvV]
            [ --color < y | n >            ] [ --columns    ]
            [ --complete-graph             ] [ --deep       ]
            [ --jobs JOBS ] [ --keep-going ] [ --load-average LOAD            ]
            [ --newuse    ] [ --noconfmem  ] [ --nospinner  ]
            [ --oneshot   ] [ --onlydeps   ] [ --quiet-build [ y | n ]        ]
            [ --reinstall changed-use      ] [ --with-bdeps < y | n >         ]
  Actions:  [ --depclean | --list-sets | --search | --sync | --version        ]
  
     For more help consult the man page.