Installation using layman is pretty straightforward:
layman -a scriptkitties
emerge --sync
Add this to /etc/portage/repos.conf/sk-overlay.conf
.
[sk-overlay]
location = /usr/local/overlay/sk-overlay
sync-type = git
sync-uri = https://github.com/scriptkitties/overlay.git
auto-sync = yes
Note
|
Funtoo requires an additional key in the config, namely |
/usr/local/overlay
doesn’t exist by default so create it if needed.
[ ! -d /usr/local/overlay ] && mkdir -p /usr/local/overlay
Finally you can update portage.
# emerge --sync
Like all overlays, there are various methods of checking what the overlay
contains. You could read through the git page, or you could go with the lazy
alternative which uses app-portage/eix
. First make sure your eix cache is
up-to-date.
# eix-update
Then to search all ebuilds contained in this overlay, you can issue the following command:
# eix --in-overlay sk-overlay
Too install from one of the ebuilds in sk-overlay, the installation process
is exactly the same as all normal gentoo packages. For instance, if you want to
install void-sources-bin
, you could simply:
emerge -a void-sources-bin
If you find any issues, such as repackaged software being out of date, you can
either open an issue or
join the IRC channel and hit up the maintainer of the package. We reside on
irc.darenet.org
in #scriptkitties
.
In order to ensure the quality of our overlay, we require a certain way to work in order to get your ebuilds accepted.
-
Fork the overlay
-
Add/update/remove the ebuilds you want
-
Run
repoman
to ensure it meets the Gentoo quality standards -
If required, fix all issues reported by repoman
-
Create a commit using
repoman ci
-
Describe what you changed, in imperative form
-
Make sure the first line of the message is no more than 79 characters
-
Additional comments may be provided in the body of the commit message
-
Open a PR on the upstream overlay repository
The PR will be checked using travis to make sure repoman
has no
further complaints on the overlay. Once the checks have passed, one of our
maintainers will merge the commit for you. If it takes too long, drop by on
IRC and ask for someone to look at it.