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{{ | {{Ebuild | ||
| | |Summary=Tool to manage Gentoo overlays | ||
| | |CatPkg=app-portage/layman | ||
| | |Homepage=http://layman.sourceforge.net/ | ||
}} | }} | ||
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 | |||
}} | |||
{{file|name=/etc/portage/package.unmask|lang=|desc=unmask packages to be used|body= | |||
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> | |||
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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 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
Troubleshooting
Problem: Warning: an installed db file was not found at: ['/var/lib/layman/cache***.xml']
Solution:
root # layman -L