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Layman is an "overlay" external repository management tool.

Installation

root # emerge layman

make.conf must source laymans overlays for emerge to pull in packages from external sources. This line needs to be below everything else in make.conf.

root # echo "source /var/lib/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/portage/make.conf

Using Layman

Fetch, and display a list of overlays:

root # layman -L

Add an overlay to your system:

root # layman -a <overlay name>

Delete an overlay from your system:

root # layman -d <overlay name>

Masking Overlay Packages

Overlays have the power to override distro packages. To avoid conflicts, mask everything in the overlay, and unmask the packages that are necessary to your system.

/etc/portage/package.mask - mask all packages in an overlay

*/*::overlay-name

/etc/portage/package.unmask - unmask packages to be used

cat-egory/pack-age1
cat-egory/pack-age2

Sync

Sync a specific overlays ebuilds:

root # layman -s <overlay name>

Sync all overlays:

root # layman -S

Sync all overlays via eix:

root # eix-sync

Troubleshooting

Problem: Warning: an installed db file was not found at: ['/var/lib/layman/cache***.xml']

Solution:

root # layman -L

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{Person
+{{Ebuild
-|Bio=
+|Summary=Tool to manage Gentoo overlays
-|Geoloc=38.3047222, -122.2988889
+|CatPkg=app-portage/layman
-|Location name=Napa, California, United State of America
+|Homepage=http://layman.sourceforge.net/
-|Blogs=
-|Full name=anak1n
-|Email=anak1n@funtoo.org
-|Nick=anak1n
-|Roles={{Role
-|Role type=Staff
-|Role desc=Core team
-|Start date=2012/10/29
-|End date=
-|XMPP=anakin@nightprojects.org
 }}
-|Maintains=
+Layman is an "overlay" external repository management tool.
+=== Installation ===
+<console>###i## emerge layman</console>
+[[make.conf]] must source laymans overlays for emerge to pull in packages from external sources.  This line needs to be below everything else in make.conf.
+<console>###i## echo "source /var/lib/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/portage/make.conf</console>
+=== Using Layman ===
+Fetch, and display a list of overlays:
+<console>###i## layman -L</console>
+Add an overlay to your system:
+<console>###i## layman -a <overlay name></console>
+Delete an overlay from your system:
+<console>###i## layman -d <overlay name></console>
+==== Masking Overlay Packages ====
+Overlays have the power to override distro packages.  To avoid conflicts, mask everything in the overlay, and unmask the packages that are necessary to your system.
+{{file|name=/etc/portage/package.mask|lang=|desc=mask all packages in an overlay|body=
+*/*::overlay-name
 }}
-=anak1n=
-* nick: anak1n
-* real name: anak1n
-* website: [http://nightprojects.org NightProjects]
-* blog: [http://blog.nightprojects.org /dev/random]
-----
+{{file|name=/etc/portage/package.unmask|lang=|desc=unmask packages to be used|body=
-I started using Linux about 8 years ago or so. The first Linux distribution I used was Fedora. After that I flip-flopped between that and Windows, admittedly I used Windows a lot more. About a year or so later, a friend of mine had gotten me into Sabayon Linux, on Sabayon 5, and I used that for a while then decided to try Gentoo. I have since then tried many different distros but settled on Gentoo for the better part of it all. I then heard about Funtoo through a friend on #sabayon, and went between Gentoo and Funtoo for a while. Now here we are, using Funtoo for the better part of two years, and I can't imagine using something else.
+cat-egory/pack-age1
+cat-egory/pack-age2
+}}
+==== Sync ====
+Sync a specific overlays ebuilds:
+<console>###i## layman -s <overlay name></console>
+Sync all overlays:
+<console>###i## layman -S</console>
+Sync all overlays via eix:
+<console>###i## eix-sync</console>
+=== Troubleshooting ===
+Problem:
+Warning: an installed db file was not found at: ['/var/lib/layman/cache***.xml']
+Solution:
+<console>###i## layman -L</console>
-I aim more for the desktop side of Linux, though I do maintain two servers, one running Gentoo the other running Funtoo. I like to think I am pretty good at what I do with Linux, but I could be wrong :P
+{{EbuildFooter}}

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