Gentoo Overlays 101
Channel: Emilia Merge
Date: 2021-08-21

Local vtuber gives a little crash course on using eselect-repository and layman

Links:
zugaina: https://gpo.zugaina.org/
"The hard way" to search (doesn't seem that hard actually): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eix
eselect-repository (Gentoo wiki): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eselect/Repository
layman (Gentoo wiki): https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Layman

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Finding overlays
01:48 Finding overlays with zugaina
02:47 Listing overlays with eselect-repository
04:15 Adding overlays with eselect-repository
06:02 Updating overlays with emaint
07:22 Checking what you have installed from a given overlay
09:22 Disabling or removing overlays with eselect-repository
10:27 Listing overlays with layman
11:33 Adding overlays with layman
13:36 Updating overlays with layman
14:19 Disabling or removing overlays with layman
14:58 Outtro

I know part of this is all the cuts, but I feel like I look more seizure-prone after switching from balancing my phone on a game case to using an actual phone mount. Why.