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Portage

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Portage

Summary

Portage is a package manager[1]. Portage draws 54 Wikipedia views per month (package_manager category, ranking #5 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portage's instance of is recorded as package manager[3].
  • Portage's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Portage's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[5].
  • Portage's programmed in is recorded as Python[6].
  • Portage's programmed in is recorded as shell script[7].
  • Portage's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[8].
  • Portage's operating system is recorded as Gentoo Linux[9].
  • Portage's operating system is recorded as Linux[10].
  • Portage's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.20[11].
  • Portage's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.0[12].
  • Portage's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.13.7[13].
  • Portage's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.6.13[14].
  • Portage's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3.24[15].
  • Portage's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.14[16].
  • Portage's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.64[17].
  • Portage is used for package manager[18].
  • Portage is used for build automation[19].
  • Portage's Commons category is recorded as Portage (software)[20].
  • Portage's official website is recorded as https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage[21].
  • Berkeley Software Distribution inspired Portage[22].
  • Portage's source code repository URL is recorded as git://anongit.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git[23].
  • Portage's source code repository URL is recorded as https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git[24].
  • Portage's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/gentoo/portage[25].
  • Portage's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[26].
  • Portage's service status information URL is recorded as https://infra-status.gentoo.org[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include package manager[3] and free software[4].

Why It Matters

Portage draws 54 Wikipedia views per month (package_manager category, ranking #5 of 15).[2] Portage has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Portage is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

ChromiumOS Emerge free software Funtoo Linux Gentoo/Alt Gentoo/FreeBSD Gentoo Linux Pentoo Python Sabayon Linux

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Ferret-like Gal · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Inspired by → Berkeley Software Distribution
    Operating system → —
    License → —
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