Updating Ebuilds for Portage

On my new Gentoo installation I’ve decided I’m ready to upgrade to the new KDE 3.4. When I typed #emerge –pretend kde it showed me there were no updates. This was disconcerting because I was sure the new version had been released.

What I had yet to figure out was that Portage does not automatically update it’s information on what packages are available. That must be done through the command #emerge –sync. When that’s finished, it’s possible to update any packages you want.