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=== Installation ===
=== Installation ===
<console>###i## emerge layman</console>
<console>###i## emerge layman</console>
make.conf must source laymans overlays for emerge to pull in packages from external sources.
[[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>
<console>###i## echo "source /var/lib/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/portage/make.conf</console>


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Sync all overlays via eix:
Sync all overlays via eix:
<console>###i## eix-sync</console>
<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>


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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