LightScribe

This is a quick guide to installing LightScribe system and labeling software for a LightScribe-enabled optical disk writer on a Gentoo box.

Emerging layman (if you did not have already done this)
First install layman with the following command

Then you have two options


 * Use the testing version from sunrise overlay (only qlscribe)
 * use the devel version from geos_one's overlay ( also lightscribe-lacie, lightscribe-simplelabeler, lightscribe-template)

Sunrise Overlay
To use the the Sunrise version do

Then install QlScribe (QT Lightscribe)

Lightscribe Overlay
For the lightscribe overlay you have to add an additional overlay file to the /etc/layman/layman.cfg configuration

Add the following line /etc/layman/layman.cfg

under the line that starts "overlays :". Then run (as root):

or you can type

so you don't have to modify the config file.

If you have a version of Portage that supports sets then you can emerge all the LightScribe apps with:

with this command you are merging followong packages


 * app-cdr/lightscribe-lacie: Lacie's Lightscribe Frontend
 * app-cdr/lightscribe-simplelabeler: Lightscribe.com's Frontend
 * app-cdr/lightscribe-template: All the templates from lighscribe.com Design Center
 * app-cdr/qlscribe: The Open Source GUI for Lightscribe

Links

 * Geos_One's LightScribe Page
 * Geos_One's Bug Tracker
 * LightScribe
 * LaCie
 * Gentoo Bug 152031 - app-cdr/lightscribe-labeler-1.0-r6 (New Package)
 * Gentoo Lightscribe Forum