KDE/Ebuild repository

The Gentoo KDE team maintains the kde overlay. This overlay contains live ebuilds, upstream pre-releases, works-in-progress, and other things not yet ready or otherwise unsuitable for the main tree.

Using the overlay
The easiest way to enable the KDE overlay is with layman:

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


 * Installation of latest stable KDE Frameworks 5:


 * Installation of KDE Plasma 5.3:


 * Installation of KDE Frameworks master branch:

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: