To use this overlay with layman you have to add an entry to the list of overlays. E.g. put the following XML lines into /etc/layman/extern.xml <?xml version="1.0" ?> <layman> <overlay type = "git" src = "git://github.com/aniederl/overlays-misc.git" status = "unofficial" name = "aniederl-misc"> <description> Overlay containing miscellaneous packages not included in the portage tree </description> </overlay> </layman> Add it to the overlay lists in /etc/layman/layman.conf as shown in the example comment. layman -L && layman -a aniederl-misc