The top command source code is still in the package but it isn't getting installed. Installed versions: 3.3.3(10:30:16 PM 05/25/2012)(unicode -ncurses -static-libs) # top bash: top: command not found # emerge --info Portage 2.1.10.63 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.15-r2, 3.2.16 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.16-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_II_X6_1090T_Processor-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 25 May 2012 09:45:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p28 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.8-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.10.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.11.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.2-r1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r2 Repositories: gentoo x-portage ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA AdobeFlash-10.3 PUEL dlj-1.1 Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE skype-eula" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=amdfam10 -O2 -pipe -ggdb" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=amdfam10 -O2 -pipe -ggdb" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en en_US" MAKEOPTS="-j6" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--timeout=30" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync2.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac alsa amd64 aspell bzip2 cairo caps cdda cddb cdparanoia cdr consolekit cracklib crypt cscope css cups cxx dbus djbfft dts dv dvd dvdnav encode exif faac faad ffmpeg flac ftp gd geoip gif glib gnutls gphoto2 gstreamer gtk gtk3 hunspell iconv icu id3tag inotify introspection ipc ipod jpeg lame libsamplerate loop-aes lzma mad matroska mbox midi mikmod mmx mmxext mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib nls nptl ogg opengl openrc oss pam pcf pcre pdf png policykit psf quicktime rar readline sdl sndfile spell sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 svg taglib theora threads threadsafe thunar tiff truetype udev unicode upnp utp vorbis wavpack webp x264 xcb xml xorg xscreensaver xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="*" CAMERAS="canon ptp2" CURL_SSL="gnutls" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="en en_US" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa" XFCE_PLUGINS="menu" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, USE_PYTHON Reproducible: Always
Do you have the ncurses USE flag disabled (top uses ncurses).
Nevermind... you don't. Enable ncurses if you want top.
$ euses -s ncurses [...] sys-process/procps:ncurses - Build programs that use ncurses: top, slabtop, watch