Eselect

Introduction

eselect is a tool for administration and configuration on Gentoo systems. It provides consistent interface and tool names.

Installation

emerge eselect

Modules

env

Run eselect env update to update your /etc/profile.env.

kernel

Manage your /usr/src/linux symlink.

• eselect kernel list lists available symlink targets
• eselect kernel set <target> sets the symlink to <target>
• eselect kernel show shows current symlink target

rc

Instead of /etc/init.d/<init_script_name> <some_action> you can do eselect rc <some_action> <init_script_name>. You can also add/delete/list scripts in runlevels.

profiles

Manage your /etc/make.profile symlink.

• eselect profile list lists available profiles on your system
• eselect profile set <num> select a profile for portage to use

OpenGL

Manage your OpenGL implementation.

• eselect opengl list lists available OpenGL modules
• eselect opengl set <num> select an OpenGL module to be used

More info

• Project homepage
• User guide

Concerns or Compliments? Please use the Discussion section.