Portage VS pacman (package manager)

Portage

Portage is source-based package manager used by Gentoo and its descendants. It controls all process from fetching source through building it, installing into clean environment to "merging" with already installed software.

pacman (package manager)

The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of ...

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Portage

Categories	Developer Tools Package Manager Front End Package Manager Containers As A Service
Website	wiki.gentoo.org

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pacman (package manager)

Categories	Front End Package Manager Package Manager Work Music Windows Tools
Website	wiki.archlinux.org

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Package Manager

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Package Manager

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Front End Package Manager

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Front End Package Manager

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pacman (package manager) mentions (39)

Been thinking of switching to linux but I am a noob
However, that "pacman -S" command has lots of switches (see section 1.1.1 ==> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/pacman ). Source: 4 months ago
Project on GitHub - Customizable Arch Linux Podman images based on the official Arch Linux Docker image
Automatic installation of packages during building utilizes pacman and aurman with the supported "package sources" being:. Source: 9 months ago
A response to the Fedora 40 Privacy-Preserving Telemetry Proposal
* Package management and DNF syntax usage are big topics. Follow the Arch Wiki example for the "pacman" package management tool ==> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/pacman. Source: 9 months ago
Could someone make a Decky plugin that automates installing common dependencies?
Should be possible as the Arch distro SteamOS is built on includes pacman. Source: 10 months ago
How to install optional dependencies
All of this is explained in the wiki page. Source: 11 months ago