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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:53 am, Thomas Smith wrote:
> I'm new to Gentoo (switching from RH9) and have become used to RPMs and
> their query tools.

Welcome to the Gentoo community.

>
> I've been looking for a way to query the Portage database to determine
> what's installed and get general info regarding the packages--I'm
> looking for something similar to "rpm -qa".
>

Another tool you can use is "epm" (obtained through "emerge app-portage/epm"). 
It appearly has the same syntax as rpm which you may find useful. Definately 
look at the other suggestions as they may have more functionality though.
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