It seems much simpler now than it did when I last looked at it a year
or so ago. I guess I'm just more familiar with how portage works...
-Anyhow, I've posted my personal overlay and [[layman XML|layman.xml]]
-describing it. It currently a fairly strange mix:
+Anyhow, I've posted my personal `wtk` overlay and [[layman
+XML|layman.xml]] describing it (update: my overlay is now listed in
+the [global overlay list][global], so there is no need to mess with my
+personal `layman.xml`). The overlay is a fairly strange mix:
- app-misc/lifelines
[Gentoo 42103](http://bugs.gentoo.org/42103)
- sci-physics/sawsim
My [[sawsim]] force spectroscopy simulator.
+For those that aren't yet familiar with layman and overlays, install
+layman with:
+
+ # emerge -av app-portage/layman
+
+Optionally edit `/etc/layman/layman.cfg`, and install my overlay with:
+
+ # layman --add wtk
+
+Then go ahead and `emerge` any of the extra packages my overlay
+provides!
+
You might also be interested in my [[branch of Torsten Veller's
-overlay|Tove overlay]].
+overlay|Tove overlay]]. Update: my branch made it easier to install
+updated versions of [ikiwiki][], but Torsten has sinced pushed the
+ikiwiki ebuild into the stock Portage tree..
[Gentoo overlays]: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml
[layman]: http://layman.sourceforge.net/
+[global]: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/repositories.xml
+[ikiwiki]: http://ikiwiki.info/
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