From fbe28312e087409d67f648a992d7644ef649b7e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Huber Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:09:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] feat(installation): Add Gentoo installation instructions --- docs/getting-started/installation.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/getting-started/installation.md b/docs/getting-started/installation.md index 88a94c5..545826e 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started/installation.md +++ b/docs/getting-started/installation.md @@ -140,6 +140,26 @@ sudo dnf install \ xcb-util-renderutil-devel ``` +### Gentoo + +:::note +SomeWM is not currently part of the official Gentoo Portage tree or the [GURU](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:GURU) project overlay. Use the third-party overlay below instead. +::: + +SomeWM is packaged in the [somewm-gentoo-overlay](https://github.com/shuber2/somewm-gentoo-overlay): + +```bash +eselect repository add somewm git https://github.com/shuber2/somewm-gentoo-overlay.git +emaint sync -r somewm + +echo 'gui-wm/somewm ~amd64' >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/somewm +emerge -av gui-wm/somewm +``` + +This installs somewm and all dependencies, building it from source via the ebuild. After installation, skip directly to [Launch](/docs/getting-started/first-launch). + +A live `9999` ebuild (tracking `main`) and a `1.4.9999` ebuild (tracking the `release/1.4` branch) are also provided for those who want the latest changes. + ### NixOS A `default.nix` is provided for building on NixOS: