System set (Portage)

The system set, also referred to as @system in Portage development, contains the software packages required for a standard Gentoo Linux installation to run properly.

The system packages are defined by the Gentoo profiles (through the packages files). An end-user can easily see which packages are seen as part of the system set by running the following emerge command:

root #emerge --pretend @system

Listing the system set

Various tools can be used to list the system set.

eix

For eix, issue:

user $eix -c --system

See also

• The world set package set.
• /etc/portage/sets
• The selected set package set.
• Selected-packages_set_(Portage) —