ESELECT(1)

NAME
eselect - Gentoo's multi-purpose configuration and management tool

SYNOPSIS
eselect [global options] module [action]

DESCRIPTION
eselect is Gentoo's configuration and management tool. It features modules that care for individual administrative tasks.

OPTIONS

--brief
    Set brief output mode, for use as input to other programs. (This is an experimental feature.)

--color=mode, --colour=mode
    Enable or disable colour output. mode can be yes, no, or auto. The default is auto, for which colour output is enabled only if standard output is connected to a terminal.

--eprefix=path
    The path that eselect should use as the offset-prefix path for its operations. Only relevant for a cross-prefix build. If neither this option nor the EPREFIX environment variable are specified, the hardcoded prefix of the build host is used as a default.

--root=path
    The path that eselect should use as the target root filesystem for its operations. If not specified, the value of the ROOT environment variable is used as a default.

BUILT-INS

help
    Displays a help screen listing all built-ins and the installed modules.

usage
    Displays a minimal help screen.

version
    Prints eselect's version tag.

MODULES
You can view a list of installed modules using

    eselect modules list

For individual help on each module, please run

    eselect module help

or refer to the manpage module.eselect(5).

FULL DOCUMENTATION
Full user and developer documentation is included in Restructured Text (RST) format. The 'html' Make target can be used to generate HTML versions.

AUTHORS
Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@gentoo.org>
Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org>
Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@gentoo.org>
Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>