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== Ways You Can Support Funtoo ==
{{Ebuild
|Summary=Tool to manage Gentoo overlays
|CatPkg=app-portage/layman
|Homepage=http://layman.sourceforge.net/
}}
Layman is an "overlay" external repository management tool.


There are a number of ways you can support Funtoo Linux financially:
=== 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>


* Monthly Recurring Donation via Credit Card
=== Using Layman ===
* PayPal Recurring or One-Time Donation (via PayPal Account or Credit Card)
Fetch, and display a list of overlays:
* Bitcoin One-Time Donation
<console>###i## layman -L</console>


The different donation options can be found below:
Add an overlay to your system:
<console>###i## layman -a <overlay name></console>


=== Monthly Recurring Support via Credit Card ===
Delete an overlay from your system:
<console>###i## layman -d <overlay name></console>


{{#widget:FuntooSupport}}
==== 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.


=== Monthly Recurring Support via PayPal ===
{{file|name=/etc/portage/package.mask|lang=|desc=mask all packages in an overlay|body=
*/*::overlay-name
}}


{{#widget:FuntooSupportPayPal}}
{{file|name=/etc/portage/package.unmask|lang=|desc=unmask packages to be used|body=
cat-egory/pack-age1
cat-egory/pack-age2
}}


=== PayPal One-Time Donation (via PayPal Account or Credit Card) ===
==== Sync ====


{{#widget:Donate|blurb=Your support helps Funtoo grow! Donate via PayPal Today.}}
Sync a specific overlays ebuilds:
<console>###i## layman -s <overlay name></console>


=== Bitcoin One-Time Donation ===
Sync all overlays:
<console>###i## layman -S</console>


We also accept bitcoin via coinbase.com:
Sync all overlays via eix:
<console>###i## eix-sync</console>


{{#widget:DonateBitcoin|blurb=Use Bitcoin to support Funtoo.}}
=== Troubleshooting ===
Problem:
Warning: an installed db file was not found at: ['/var/lib/layman/cache***.xml']


__NOTITLE__
Solution:
<console>###i## layman -L</console>


== Policies ==
{{EbuildFooter}}
 
{{Policies}}

Revision as of 12:00, February 3, 2015

Layman

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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