How to view all packages in some overlay?

Question

I have some overlay installed. How I can see all packages in there ?

Isn't the whole tree downloaded to your disk just like the official one? — lynxlynxlynx, Nov 29 '12 at 22:38

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 25 '14 at 13:01

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You could use eix tool (from app-portage/eix):

eix --in-overlay OVERLAY_NAME

From man eix:

--in-overlay overlay Only match packages with at least one version in an overlay matching overlay.

--only-in-overlay overlay Only match packages which have only versions in an overlay matching overlay.

If you're not familiar with eix: before use you must must build packages database using eix-update. You may need to use eix-layman add first.

Also check out man eix for more examples.

edited Apr 25 '14 at 13:01

Serg Kryvonos

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answered Nov 29 '12 at 19:58

pbm

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thanx, but i need see list of all packages. – balalaika Nov 29 '12 at 20:01
It gives you list of packages: http://paste.org/57858 – pbm Nov 29 '12 at 20:05
If you want only names you can use --only-names switch... – pbm Nov 29 '12 at 20:07
eix --in-overlay robbat2 - No matches found - http://goo.gl/RXbmC – balalaika Nov 29 '12 at 20:09
Real name for this overlay (defined in /var/lib/layman/robbat2/profiles/repo_name) is overlay-dev/robbat2, so you should use eix --in-overlay overlay-dev/robbat2 – pbm Nov 29 '12 at 20:19

How to view all packages in some overlay?

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