1. If you have not already done so, emerge layman

# emerge -uND layman

2. If needed, add a proxy for layman

# nano /etc/layman/layman.cfg

proxy : http://proxy.yourserver.com:8080  
nocheck : yes 

3. Setup the portage overlay variable. We don't want layman editing our /etc/make.conf, so we use a layman make.conf

# echo "source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/make.conf
# echo 'PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""' > /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf

Subversion is the tool layman uses to retrieve the novell apps

# emerge -uND subversion

If needed, add a proxy for subversion

edit subversion server config to enable our proxy

# nano ~/.subversion/servers

add

[[:global]]
http-proxy-exceptions = *.exception.com, www.internal-site.org

http-proxy-host = proxy.landcareresearch.co.nz

http-proxy-port = 8080

# http-proxy-username = defaultusername

# http-proxy-password = defaultpassword

http-compression = no

# No http-timeout, so just use the builtin default.

# No neon-debug-mask, so neon debugging is disabled.

# ssl-authority-files = /path/to/CAcert.pem;/path/to/CAcert2.pem

note:  make sure there are no spaces at the start of any of the lines in the section you just added or subversion will complain.

5. get the layman package list

# layman -f

6. list what we have

# layman -L

From time to time you can update the overlay :

# layman –sync <name>

You can also chose to update all your selected overlays with:

# layman -S

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