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On 08/09/2013 12:09, gevisz wrote: |
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> 2013/9/7 Marc Stürmer <mail@×××××××××××××.de <mailto:mail@×××××××××××××.de>> |
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> Am 06.09.2013 21:47, schrieb Paul Hartman: |
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> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:28 PM, gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com |
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> <mailto:gevisz@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> But I have not found MATE in portage... |
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> I see there is a mate overlay available in layman |
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> layman -a mate |
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> Thank you for the hint. |
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> I still have to learn how to use overlays... |
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emerge layman |
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[follow elog instructions on what to do with make.conf |
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layman -L |
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[pick the overlay you want |
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layman -a <overlay_you_want> |
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> ... because I still need an omegaT (that is absent from portage) |
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> and Skype (that is masked). |
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Put ebuilds for them in your local overlay. It's not the same thing as |
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layman - local overlay is just a directory with ebuilds you maintain |
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yourself, tell portage where it is and it treats those ebuilds like they |
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are in the main tree. it's fully documented in the portage docs |
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> Is it safe to use packages from overlays? |
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Depends. Is it safe to install software? An overlay is just ebuilds that |
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fetches and builds software. may it's useful, maybe it's malware, maybe |
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it's buggy, maybe it's not. |
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If you real question is "Is there some official QA applied to overlays?" |
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the answer is no. You either need to trust the overlay maintainer, or do |
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the QA yourself. |
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> Is there any ways to cleanly uninstall packages installed from overlays? |
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Same as any other package: |
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emerge -C |
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To remove an installed overlay: |
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layman -d <overlay_name> |
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That just removes a tree of ebuilds. Portage tells you what is now out |
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of sync with the next "emerge -uND world" |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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