KDE/Ebuild repository

The Gentoo KDE team maintains the kde overlay. It contains KDE SC versions in preparation to be moved to the portage tree, pre versions of the next main version and live versions for trunk and latest branch.

Overlay
Installing snapshots and live ebuilds are only available through kde overlay, so first thing is to install it:

For more information regarding overlays, please read the overlay article.

KDEPIM
If you are running KDE PIM and upgrade from 4.4 to 4.9, please have a look at the KDE PIM 4.7 Upgrade Guide first (it still applies to 4.9)! If you want to stick with KDE PIM 4.4 you can mask KDE PIM 4.9.

Installing KDE SC snapshots
During testing phases KDE upstream provides snapshots taken from the git source repositories. Beta and Release Candidate KDE releases are following the snapshot model below:

Installing KDE SC live ebuilds
KDE SC is Open Source, with its code being available for browsing through KDE QuickGit, and for public checkout. Gentoo, as a source based distro, has the ability to provide live ebuilds that checkout the code either from the latest branch or from trunk. Currently, we provide 4.9.49.9999 ebuilds from 4.9 branch and 9999 ebuilds from trunk.

Unmasking
Users with stable systems have to keyword the packages to proceed. We provide a package.keyword file in kde overlay, which we'll have to symlink to our package.keywords directory:
 * KDE SC 4.9 branch:


 * KDE SC trunk:

Installation
The installation can be done either by using the meta packages or by using sets:


 * Using meta packages
 * Installation all of KDE modules:


 * Installation of chosen modules only:


 * Using sets
 * Installation of KDE SC 4.9 branch:


 * Installation of KDE SC trunk: