portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://app-editors/kakoune-2023.08.05:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://app-editors/kakoune-2023.08.05
│ └─ file ─┤ 555.29 Kb kakoune-2023.08.05.tar.bz2
└─step 2─┤ install portage://app-editors/kakoune-2023.08.05
└─step 3─┤ run portage://app-editors/kakoune-2023.08.05
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
555.29 Kb to be downloaded.