Porthole
Porthole is a GTK-based Portage package browser for Gentoo-based systems. It features fast searches and basic package management functionality.
| Tags | Software Distribution Tools |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | Python |
Recent releases
- 02 May 2007 04:29
Changes: Columns were added to the package list view, displaying the installed version, the recommended version, the download size, and a short package description for all packages in the list. A plugin interface was added. Preliminary right-click menus were added to the package list and package summary. Select-all and de-select-all options were added to the right-click menu for upgradable view. Many other things were done.
- 31 Jan 2004 11:56
Changes: An "Upgradable Packages" view has been added. Emerge sync has been temporarily disabled, and sudo is no longer used.
- 17 Dec 2003 05:31
Changes: gportage has been replaced with Porthole. Porthole introduces dependency trees and basic emerge functionality.
- 18 Nov 2003 21:56
Changes: This version fixes a bug that caused an exception to be thrown when the portage tree contained binary packages.
- 17 Nov 2003 08:00
Changes: This version sorts packages according to either name or category for all installed packages, as well as all available packages. A three-level package hierarchy has been introduced.
