Package:Eselect

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Eselect

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Eselect is used to set a variety of different types of options on Funtoo Linux systems.

The Funtoo Linux version has been enhanced by Ryan Harris to support Funtoo's new profile system, described at Funtoo 1.0 Profile.

Usage

eselect
eselect pager show

Some common eselect modules

kernel
manage the /usr/src/linux symlink
pager
manage the PAGER environment variable, this will influence what programs will use to display pages of text to the user such as nano, vi or emacs
visual
manage the VISUAL environment variable, to set the default text editor for capable terminals.
sh
change the default system shell
v
manage the /usr/bin/vi symlink