How to upgrade to opera weekly in gentoo

[mehulved]

I have opera 9.10 build 521 install from portage stable arch. But I'd like to install opera weekly that i've downloaded from http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/Weekly-557/intel-linux/
Now, someone on #gentoo pointed me to portage overlays and layman. But, then told me that build 557 isn't available in any overlay. How do I upgrade to the new version?

[eddie]

Can't you untar it in some directory in your home or opt folder and execute the binary from there? That would save you lots of trouble and will give you more control while upgrading the weekly builds.

If you don't want to do that then create your own overlay, copy official opera ebuild to it, edit it and digest it. I just checked opera ebuild and all you need to edit in it is OPERAVER field. That should get it working.

[mehulved]

Originally Posted by eddie

Can't you untar it in some directory in your home or opt folder and execute the binary from there? That would save you lots of trouble and will give you more control while upgrading the weekly builds.

This is what I've done so far.

Originally Posted by eddie

If you don't want to do that then create your own overlay, copy official opera ebuild to it, edit it and digest it. I just checked opera ebuild and all you need to edit in it is OPERAVER field. That should get it working.

OK let me see if I can do that.