ebuild

TLDR

Create or update the package manifest

$ ebuild [path/to/file.ebuild] manifest

Clean the temporary build directories for the build file

$ ebuild [path/to/file.ebuild] clean

Fetch sources if they do not exist

$ ebuild [path/to/file.ebuild] fetch

Extract the sources to a temporary build directory

$ ebuild [path/to/file.ebuild] unpack

Compile the extracted sources

$ ebuild [path/to/file.ebuild] compile

Install the package to a temporary install directory

$ ebuild [path/to/file.ebuild] install

Install the temporary files to the live filesystem

$ ebuild [path/to/file.ebuild] qmerge

Fetch, unpack, compile, install and qmerge the specified ebuild file

$ ebuild [path/to/file.ebuild] merge