Sabayon Linux developers split the Portage sabayon overlay into two new overlays
November 13, 2011 4 Comments
If you are a Gentoo Linux user who added the sabayon overlay, or if you are a Sabayon Linux user who already uses Portage, note that the developers of Sabayon Linux have just split the overlay into two overlays. One of the overlays (sabayon-distro) contains ebuilds that are specific to the Sabayon Linux distribution and unlikely to be of interest to users of other distributions that use the Portage package manager. The other overlay (sabayon) contains ebuilds that could be of interest to Portage users of other distributions. For example, the package app-misc/sabayon-version will only be of relevance to users of Sabayon Linux, so you’ll only find it in the sabayon-distro overlay, not the sabayon overlay:
# eix sabayon-version
* app-misc/sabayon-version [1]
Available versions: (~)5-r5 (~)7-r1
Homepage: http://www.sabayon.org/
Description: Sabayon System Release virtual package
[1] "sabayon-distro" /var/lib/layman/sabayon-distro
All you need to do in order to cater for this change is the following as root user:
layman -d sabayon
layman -S
layman -a sabayon
layman -a sabayon-distro
eix-update
You only need to add the sabayon-distro overlay if you are a user of Sabayon Linux or want to install any of the distribution-specific ebuilds from it. Of course omit the eix-update command if you do not have the excellent eix utility installed.
From then onwards you can just continue as normal using the usual Portage commands as root user in order to synchronise the main Portage tree and synchronise all the overlays added on your machine:
emerge --sync
layman -S
eix-update
or, if you have an asterisk on its own line in the file /etc/eix-sync.conf then you can replace the above three commands with the following single command:
eix-sync
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Thanks for the input.
I have a problem and was wondering if you could help me.
I am trying to install the Brother printer drivers in sabayon. I have the overlays.
http://gpo.zugaina.org/net-print/brother-dcp-j315w-drivers
brother-mfc-j265w-drivers-1
Overlay: amielke-overlay (layman)
http://gpo.zugaina.org/net-print/brother-mfc-j265w-drivers
brother-dcp-j315w-drivers-1
Overlay: funtoo (distro)
in the terminal as root:
equo install git eix layman
layman-S
layman-a funtoo
Exception: Overlay “funtoo” does not exist.
layman-a amielke-overlay
This OK.
then run:
eix brother
* Net-print/brother-mfc-235c-drivers [1]
Available versions: (~) 1! S
Homepage: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html # DCP-J315W
Description: Brother DCP-LPR + cupswrapper drivers J315W
* Net-print/brother-mfc-j265w-drivers [1]
Available versions: (~) 1! S
Homepage: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html # DCP-J315W
Description: Brother DCP-LPR + cupswrapper drivers J315W
[1] “amielke-overlay” / var / lib / layman / amielke-overlay
Found 2 matches.
But when I try to install the packages net-print/brother-mfc-j265w-drivers and net-print/brother-mfc-235c-drivers:
equo install net-print/brother-mfc-235c-drivers
packages have not been found
and
equo install net-print/brother-mfc-j265w-drivers
not find the packages.
Can you tell I’m doing wrong?
Thanks in advance….
You are mixing apples and oranges. You used the Portage layman command to add a 3rd-party overlay and download its ebuilds. ebuilds are scripts used by the Portage package manager, not the Sabayon Linux package manager Entropy. Those two packages do not exist in Entropy. Therefore you need to use Portage to install the packages by using the ebuilds:
emerge -1v brother-mfc-235c-driversemerge -1v brother-mfc-j265w-drivers
If you did not already do it, make sure you have done:
emerge --syncbefore, so that your installation is synchronised with the current ebuilds in the main Portage tree.
Thanks a lot. I’m new in Sabayon
-1v option is necessary?
layman -a funtoo gives me error. What is (distro)?
Thanks in advance
1. See http://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=En:HOWTO:_The_Complete_Portage_Guide or the official Gentoo documentation on Portage and the emerge command options. (Or use the ‘man emerge’ command.)
2. There isn’t an overlay named “funtoo” that is accessible using layman (overLAY MANager). Use the command ‘layman -L’ to view a list of all overlays that are accessible using the layman command.
3. Presumably the main repository of the Funtoo distribution, not accessible using layman. I don’t use Funtoo. I suggest you download the ebuild from the Funtoo repository (see https://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012/tree/funtoo.org/net-print) and use a Portage local overlay to install it. See e.g. the post http://forum.sabayon.org/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=24831&start=60#p146460 for an example of how to set up and use a local overlay on your machine.
Please post any further questions you may have on this topic in the Sabayon Linux Forums, as this blog is not for lengthy support.