eselect-profile
Gentoo system profile management
TLDR
List available profile symlink targets
$ eselect profile list
Set the /etc/portage/make.profile symlink$ eselect profile set [name|number]
Show the current system profile$ eselect profile show
SYNOPSIS
eselect profile action [options]
DESCRIPTION
eselect profile manages the /etc/portage/make.profile symlink on Gentoo systems. This symlink determines the system profile, which affects default USE flags, masked packages, and other Portage settings.Part of the eselect framework for system configuration.
PARAMETERS
list
List available profilesset target
Set profile symlink to targetshow
Display current profile--force
Allow setting a profile whose target does not currently exist
CAVEATS
Gentoo Linux specific. Changing profiles affects default USE flags, masks and compiler settings, so run `emerge --update --deep --newuse @world` afterwards to rebuild anything affected. The profile module is part of the base eselect package, unlike the separately packaged repository module.
SEE ALSO
eselect(1), eselect-repository(1), emerge(1)
