Shell software management

Updating/Installing software:

Before updating/installing do a repo synchronization:

emerge --sync

may take some time, depending on the CPU speed and optical support.

gp-update

emerge --ask namesoftware_in_gp

ex:

to install/upgrade Librespot

emerge --ask librespot-bin

Remove software:

emerge -C namesoftware_in_gp

ex:

emerge -C librespot-bin

After removing software, it is always good to do a cleaning:

emerge --deepclean --ask

Management of services:

Start a service

rc-service servicename start

ex:

rc-service librespot start

Stop a service

rc-service servicename stop

Restart a service

rc-service servicename restart

Get service status

rc-service servicename status

Show known startup scripts

rc-status

rc-update show

Show all startup scripts

rc-update -v show

Enable service at startup

rc-update add servicename default

Disable service at startup

rc-update del servicename default

To manage the services, some shortcut commands have been included in GentooPlayer, check the list of commands available with:

system-commands

players-commands