What is kodi-overlay?

kodi-overlay is a portage overlay for Gentoo Linux which provides modified and unofficial ebuilds for a KODI appliance.

Get it!

There are two easy ways to get the overlay onto your system:

1. Git

1. emerge -av git

2. mkdir /usr/local/portage && cd $_

3. git clone git://github.com/frace/kodi-overlay.git

4. Create /etc/portage/repos.conf/kodi-overlay.conf:

    [kodi-overlay]
    masters = gentoo
    location = /usr/local/portage/kodi-overlay
    sync-type = git
    sync-uri = git://github.com/frace/kodi-overlay.git
    auto-sync = yes
   

2. Layman

If you don't know what layman is then please read the documentation first.

1. emerge -av layman

2. Modify /etc/layman/layman.cfg:

    overlays  : https://api.gentoo.org/overlays/repositories.xml
                https://raw.github.com/frace/kodi-overlay/master/repositories.xml
   

3. layman --list

4. layman --add kodi-overlay

Ebuild status

Ebuilds could become masked [M] for various reasons. E.g. if

• they are unmaintained.
• they are not in sync with upstream ebuilds.
• they are in a very unstable state.
• upstream is no longer maintaining the project.

Bugs

You are welcome to report bugs at the project bugtracker at github.com. If you create a KODI related pull request then please make sure to report the issue also at the official Gentoo Linux bugtracker and reference it here since we want to stay in sync as much as possible with the official ebuild. Finally our goal is to help to improve the official KODI ebuild and to help to fix bugs.

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Gentoo docs

• Portage man pages
• make.conf man pages
• Gentoo dev manual
• Ebuild writing
• Ebuild file format
• Gentoo color palette

KODI docs

• KODI@Gentoo Linux Wiki
• KODI Wiki Manual

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Credits

• Contributors
• Gentoo Linux
• KODI Media Player