How to find in which overlay is desired package?
I was just looking for the very same thing. If you use eix
, you are in luck.
From the wiki:
Adding overlays to the cache
To search not only in the portage tree but all the overlays, add overlays to the cache
root # eix-remote update
and then sync it all:
root # eix-sync
(example from my system)
$ eix nuvola
* x11-themes/nuvola
Available versions: 1.0-r1^bs
Homepage: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=5358
Description: Nuvola SVG icon theme
Hmm that doesn't look like a google music player ... time to add some more sources:
$ eix-remote update
<snip>
Saving to: 'eix-cache.tbz2'
* Unpacking data
layman/Armageddon -> Armageddon
layman/AstroFloyd -> AstroFloyd
layman/AzP -> AzP
<snip>
looks like about 500 sources :)
root # eix-sync -q
Now when searching, if you wish to expand your search, add -R (remote) to search all overlays, installed or not. You will want to sync it with eix-remote
from time to time. See man eix
.
$ eix -R nuvola
* media-sound/nuvolaplayer
Available versions: (~)2.0.1[2] (~)2.0.3[1] {debug}
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/nuvola-player
Description: Cloud music integration for your Linux desktop
* x11-themes/nuvola
Available versions: 1.0-r1^bs
Homepage: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=5358
Description: Nuvola SVG icon theme
[1] "sabayon" layman/sabayon
[2] "tante" layman/tante
I don't think there is an automated system to search through overlayes by specific package name. what you can do is:
- run
layman -L
to see the available overlays and guess based on their names if they have the package you are looking for. - search here: http://gpo.zugaina.org/
- google for 'gentoo package_name'