KDE/Ebuild repository

The Gentoo KDE team maintains the kde overlay. This overlay covers ebuilds for KDE SC 4, KDE Frameworks 5, Plasma 5, KDE Applications 5, and a lot more. It contains versions in preparation to be moved to the main tree, preliminary versions like betas or release candidates, and live versions for version-controlled stable branches as well as latest development trees.

Using the overlay
The KDE overlay is registered as one of the layman-supported overlays, making it available for immediate use. All that is needed is to enable the KDE overlay on the system:

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

For example, to keyword KDE Frameworks 5 master branch: