KDE/Ebuild repository

The Gentoo KDE team maintains the KDE ebuild repository. This ebuild repository contains live ebuilds, upstream pre-releases, works-in-progress, and other things not yet ready or otherwise unsuitable for the main Gentoo ebuild repository. This article Article description::provides instructions on adding Gentoo's KDE ebuild development repository to a system.

Using the ebuild repository
The easiest way to enable the KDE repository is using eselect repository which will function with without any extra software (besides ):

Another way to enable the KDE repository is with layman:

The USE flag is available for layman-2.3.0 or higher.

Sets
In addition to the standard packages, a wide range of package sets are provided. For example:


 * Installation of latest stable KDE Frameworks 5:


 * Installation of KDE Plasma 5.21:


 * Installation of KDE Frameworks master branch:


 * Installation of everything:

Keywording and unmasking
To assist users with stable systems and those who wish to test specific package versions, the ebuild repository provides a set of, , and files. All available files are in the Documentation directory.

For example, to keyword KDE Frameworks 5 master branch:

Reporting bugs
Please file bugs on Bugzilla, prepending the summary with. Additionally, pull requests are accepted at the Github mirror.