Package:Layman
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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.
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 usedcat-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