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| name = Portage
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| screenshot = [[Image:Portage-oppdatering.png|250px]]
| caption = Portage in action
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| operating system = [[Gentoo Linux]] and [[Gentoo/FreeBSD]]
| platform = POSIX-compatible/Python-capable
| genre = [[Package management system]]
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| website = [http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/ http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/]
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'''Portage''' is a [[package management system]] used by [[Gentoo Linux]]. Gentoo is sometimes referred to as a "[[meta-distribution]]" due to the flexibility of Portage which allows it to manage other operating systems as well.<ref>[http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/about.xml Gentoo Linux - About Gentoo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://tom.acrewoods.net/writing/gentoo-workstation My Workstation OS: Gentoo | Tom Chance's website<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2002/10/10/intro_gentoo.html LinuxDevCenter.com - Gentoo Linux Reloaded<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.osnews.com/story.php/1080/Interview-with-Gentoos-Daniel-Robbins/ Interview with Gentoo's Daniel Robbins<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In addition to Gentoo Linux there exist Portage implementations for [[FreeBSD]], [[Mac OS X]] and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]].

Portage is similar to the [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] [[package management system]] called [[ports collection|ports]]; in fact it was originally designed with [[FreeBSD]]'s ports in mind.<ref>[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/making-the-distro-p3.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation - Making the distribution, Part 3<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Gentoo's Portage system works similarly to [[Debian]]'s [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]. Portage is written in the [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]], and is the main utility that defines Gentoo. Although the system itself is known as Portage, it consists of two main parts, the ''[[ebuild]]'' system and emerge. These two have roughly the same relation as [[RPM Package Manager|rpm]] and [[Yellow dog Updater, Modified|yum]], or [[dpkg]] and(contracted; show full)[[nl:Portage]]
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