feat: add Gentoo GNU/Linux overlay for Phoenix #263

koru commented 2026年04月14日 18:51:09 +02:00

I know monorepo is not a good way (lots of folders in the root), but anyway we can create an independent repository or just do a PR to guru overlay (but before that we need to add more features and test the overlay).

The overlay should work after merging.

Close #255.

I know monorepo is not a good way (lots of folders in the root), but anyway we can create an independent repository or just do a PR to [guru overlay](https://codeberg.org/gentoo/guru) (but before that we need to add more features and test the overlay). The overlay should work after merging. Close https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix/issues/255.

koru commented 2026年04月17日 22:07:53 +02:00

Hey, @celenity!

To test the overlay, you'll need to:

1. Download the Gentoo GNU/Linux Live ISO from the official website: https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/amd64
2. Boot into the OS using your preferred method.
3. Open Konsole (or any other terminal) and run the following commands:

Note: You can specify package names without their category, but emerge -s firefox will return a lot of noise, where emerge -s phoenix has no other matches, making it much cleaner.

sudo su
eselect repository add gentoo git https://codeberg.org/gentoo/gentoo.git
eselect repository add gentoo git https://codeberg.org/ivankopylov6603/urug.git
emerge --sync
# or specific overlay
# emerge --sync urug
# optional info for debug (useful)
equery meta www-client/firefox && equery meta www-client/firefox-bin && equery meta www-misc/phoenix 
emerge -s www-client/firefox && emerge -s www-client/firefox-bin && emerge -s www-misc/phoenix
# www-client/firefox already installed from source. www-client/firefox-bin is optional
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge -av www-client/firefox-bin
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge -av www-misc/phoenix

I've tested it, and overall it works great. The most important thing: don't launch Firefox before installing Phoenix, otherwise the extensions and their settings won't load properly.

If you do run Firefox first by accident, you'll need to completely delete the folder: /opt/firefox for the binary version, then reinstall firefox-bin, or /usr/lib64/firefox for the source-based version.
Alternatively, there might be other ways to reset this, but I'm not entirely sure about them.

I'm also thinking about restoring the ~arm keyword, but I don't have an ARM device to test it on, so we can only assume that Firefox works on those as well.

edit: arm

Hey, @celenity! To test the overlay, you'll need to: 1. Download the Gentoo GNU/Linux Live ISO from the official website: <https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/amd64> 2. Boot into the OS using your preferred method. 3. Open `Konsole` (or any other terminal) and run the following commands: Note: You can specify package names without their category, but `emerge -s firefox` will return a lot of noise, where `emerge -s phoenix` has no other matches, making it much cleaner. ```bash sudo su eselect repository add gentoo git https://codeberg.org/gentoo/gentoo.git eselect repository add gentoo git https://codeberg.org/ivankopylov6603/urug.git emerge --sync # or specific overlay # emerge --sync urug # optional info for debug (useful) equery meta www-client/firefox && equery meta www-client/firefox-bin && equery meta www-misc/phoenix emerge -s www-client/firefox && emerge -s www-client/firefox-bin && emerge -s www-misc/phoenix # www-client/firefox already installed from source. www-client/firefox-bin is optional ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge -av www-client/firefox-bin ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge -av www-misc/phoenix ``` I've tested it, and overall it works great. The most important thing: **don't launch Firefox before installing Phoenix**, otherwise the extensions and their settings won't load properly. If you do run Firefox first by accident, you'll need to completely delete the folder: `/opt/firefox` for the binary version, then reinstall `firefox-bin`, or `/usr/lib64/firefox` for the source-based version. Alternatively, there might be other ways to reset this, but I'm not entirely sure about them. I'm also thinking about restoring the `~arm` keyword, but I don't have an ARM device to test it on, so we can only assume that Firefox works on those as well. edit: arm

celenity commented 2026年04月26日 20:37:06 +02:00

Hey @koru TYSM for working on this!! Just letting you know I did see this, and it looks great - I just haven't merged yet because I'm trying to decide the best way to implement this (and Phoenix's packaging in general TBH). When I have some time to look this over a little closer and think/come up with a plan, I'll let you know!

Hey @koru TYSM for working on this!! Just letting you know I did see this, and it looks great - I just haven't merged yet because I'm trying to decide the best way to implement this *(and Phoenix's packaging in general TBH)*. When I have some time to look this over a little closer and think/come up with a plan, I'll let you know!

koru commented 2026年04月27日 07:56:00 +02:00

I think monorepo is a bad idea. Close this PR.

I think monorepo is a bad idea. Close this PR.