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@@ -1,54 +1,54 @@ This is [g-sorcery](https://github.com/jauhien/g-sorcery) backend for elisp packages. -Installation and using +Installation ====================== -Installation: in progress (use dev-portage/g-sorcery-9999, at the moment it has bundled backends). +Currently to install gs-elpa you need to add my overlay: -There are two ways of using **gs-elpa**: - -* use it with **layman** - -In this case all you need to do is install **layman-9999** and **g-sorcery**. -Then you should just run `layman -L` as -root and find an overlay you want. Type of overlay will be -displayed as *g-sorcery*. Then you add this overlay as -usual. It's all you need to do and it's the recommended way of -using **g-sorcery**. +``` + layman -a jauhien +``` -Using **g-sorcery** with layman you can populate overlay only with packages you want. -To do so you should add a section named BACKEND (BACKEND here is the name of backend used for -your repo). In this section you can add entries named REPO_packages (REPO here is the name -of repository you want to add) which are space separated lists of packages you need. ebuilds for -dependencies will be generated automatically if backend supports this possibility. +In the nearest future I'll add this package to the tree so this step will be not needed. -Note, that some overlays may depend on other overlays, in this case you'll need to add those -dependencies first. +Then just emerge gs-elpa: +``` + emerge -va gs-elpa +``` -* use it as stand-alone tool +Note that it uses layman-9999. -In this case you should create an overlay (see **portage** documentation), sync it and populate -it with one or more ebuilds. Then ebuilds could be installed by emerge or by **gs-elpa** tool. -**Using gs-elpa with layman** +Usage +====================== -Execute +There are two ways of using **gs-elpa** -**layman -L** +** Using gs-elpa with [layman](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Layman) ** -Find there an overlay you need (there are -3 gs-elpa overlays currently: gnu-elpa, marmalade and melpa). -Add, e.g. +It the the recommend way and I strongly suggest it. -**layman -a gnu-elpa -a marmalade** +Then you should just run `layman -L` as +root and find an overlay you want. Type of overlay will be +displayed as *g-sorcery*. Then you add this overlay as +usually and emerge packages you want. It's all you need to do. Example: -Emerge any package from it, e.g. +``` + layman -L + layman -a gnu-elpa -a marmalade + emerge -va clojure-mode +``` -**emerge -va clojure-mode** +There are 3 gs-elpa overlays currently: [gnu-elpa](http://elpa.gnu.org/), [marmalade](http://marmalade-repo.org/) +and [melpa](http://melpa.milkbox.net/). -To generate only ebuilds we need such a */etc/g-sorcery/g-sorcery.cfg* file can be used: +When using **gs-elpa** with layman you can populate overlay only with packages you want. +To do so you should add a section named gs-elpa to */etc/g-sorcery/g-sorcery.cfg*. +In this section you can add entries named REPO_packages (REPO here is the name +of repository you want to add) which are space separated lists of packages you need. ebuilds for +dependencies will be generated automatically if backend supports this possibility. ``` [main] @@ -57,21 +57,33 @@ package_manager=portage [gs-elpa] marmalade_packages = clojure-mode clojurescript-mode ``` +Note, that some overlays may depend on other overlays, in this case you'll need to add those +dependencies first (I'd recommend to always add the whole gnu-elpa overlay). + +** Using gs-elpa as stand-alone tool ** -**Generating user ebuilds in user overlay** +In this case you should create an overlay (see **portage** documentation), sync it and populate +it with one or more ebuilds. Then ebuilds could be installed by emerge or by **gs-elpa** tool. +This is not the recommended way and may be removed in the future. -Create new user overlay. Run +Create new user overlay: -**gs-elpa -o** *OVERLAY_DIRECTORY* **-r gnu-elpa** **sync** +``` + gs-elpa -o $OVERLAY_DIRECTORY -r gnu-elpa sync +``` List packages: -**gs-elpa -o** *OVERLAY_DIRECTORY* **-r gnu-elpa** **list** +``` + gs-elpa -o $OVERLAY_DIRECTORY -r gnu-elpa list +``` Install any package you want: -**gs-elpa -o** *OVERLAY_DIRECTORY* **-r gnu-elpa** **install** *PACKAGE* +``` + gs-elpa -o $OVERLAY_DIRECTORY -r gnu-elpa install $PACKAGE +``` Repositories you can use are gnu-elpa, marmalade and melpa. You can use them all in one overlay. Note, that if you call **generate-tree** command your overlay |