> > What is the quickest (or preferred) way of checking (in a
> > bash script) if a given package is installed?
>
> I don't know if it would be the preferred way, but I think the
> quickest would
> be:
>
> PKG="sys-apps/portage"
> [ -e /var/db/pkg/${PKG}-* ]
>
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