How to find in which overlay is desired package?

Question

How do I identify which overlays (if any) contain a particular package/application?

mauro.stettler · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-22 04:36:52Z

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I don't think there is an automated system to search through overlayes by specific package name. what you can do is:

run layman -L to see the available overlays and guess based on their names if they have the package you are looking for.
search here: http://gpo.zugaina.org/
google for 'gentoo package_name'

answered Feb 22 at 4:36

mauro.stettler
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	+1 for gpo.zugaina.org – lkraav Feb 22 at 8:32
	Looks like you are right. I tried Paludis with `cave show <package-name>` which can show package's repository, but it searches only in overlays already added to `layman` AFAIK. I'll wait 2 days to accept your answer. Thanks. – A.D. Feb 22 at 17:21

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