portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://x11-themes/mate-backgrounds-1.28.0:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://mate-base/mate-common-1.28.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 68.95 Kb mate-common-1.28.0.tar.xz
│ download portage://x11-themes/mate-backgrounds-1.28.0
│ └─ file ─┤ 44.64 Mb mate-backgrounds-1.28.0.tar.xz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://mate-base/mate-common-1.28.0
└─step 3─┤ install portage://x11-themes/mate-backgrounds-1.28.0
└─step 4─┤ run portage://x11-themes/mate-backgrounds-1.28.0
Total: 5 actions (2 downloads, 2 installs, 1 run), grouped into 4 steps.
44.70 Mb to be downloaded.