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# ebuild
> A low level interface to the Gentoo Portage system.
> More information: <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ebuild>.
- Create or update the package manifest:
`ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} manifest`
- Clean the temporary build directories for the build file:
`ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} clean`
- Fetch sources if they do not exist:
`ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} fetch`
- Extract the sources to a temporary build directory:
`ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} unpack`
- Compile the extracted sources:
`ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} compile`
- Install the package to a temporary install directory:
`ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} install`
- Install the temporary files to the live filesystem:
`ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} qmerge`
- Fetch, unpack, compile, install, and qmerge the specified ebuild file:
`ebuild {{path/to/file.ebuild}} merge`