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emerge -a =sci-misc/praat-6.4.67-r1
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autounmask =sci-misc/praat-6.4.67-r1
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emerge --autounmask-write -a =sci-misc/praat-6.4.67-r1
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit desktop xdg toolchain-funcs
DESCRIPTION="Doing phonetics by computer"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
S="${WORKDIR}/praat.github.io-${PV}"
LICENSE="GPL-3+"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
IUSE="+pango +gtk jack alsa +pulseaudio"
# This constraint is pointless, really, but we can't have ?? ( gtk pango )
# since that would always require intervention on a desktop profile and I don't
# want to make +pango silently do nothing when gtk is also on. Cry about it
REQUIRED_USE="
gtk? ( pango )"
DEPEND="
jack? ( virtual/jack )
alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse )
gtk? ( x11-libs/gtk+:3 )
pango? ( x11-libs/pango )"
RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
src_prepare() {
sed -Ei 's/((C|CXX|LD)FLAGS) :=/\1 +=/' Makefile || die
default
}
src_compile() {
gfx=barren
use pango && gfx=nogui
use gtk && gfx=gtk # any value will do
# The audio backend selection in the makefile is really bad so let's just do
# it ourselves.
audio_cflags=
audio_ldflags=
if use jack; then
audio_cflags+=" -DJACK $("$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" --cflags jack)" || die
audio_ldflags+=" $("$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" --libs jack)" || die
fi
if use alsa; then
audio_cflags+=" -DALSA $("$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" --cflags alsa)" || die
audio_ldflags+=" $("$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" --libs alsa)" || die
fi
if use pulseaudio; then
audio_cflags+=" -DHAVE_PULSEAUDIO $("$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" --cflags libpulse)" || die
audio_ldflags+=" $("$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" --libs libpulse)" || die
fi
emake \
PRAAT_COMPILER="$(tc-get-compiler-type)" \
CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" \
LINKER_COMMAND="$(tc-getCXX)" \
AR="$(tc-getAR)" \
RANLIB="$(tc-getRANLIB)" \
PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
EXECUTABLE_FILE=praat \
PRAAT_GRAPHICS="${gfx}" \
PRAAT_AUDIO=none \
AUDIO_COMPILER_FLAGS="${audio_cflags}" \
AUDIO_LINKER_FLAGS="${audio_ldflags}"
}
src_install() {
dobin praat
insinto /usr/share/${PN}/test
doins -r test/*
if use gtk; then
cd "${S}/main/"
newicon -s scalable praat-480.svg praat.svg
domenu praat.desktop
fi
}
pkg_postinst() {
xdg_pkg_postinst
}
pkg_postrm() {
xdg_pkg_postrm
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p sci-misc/praat |
euse -E <flag> -p sci-misc/praat |
euse -D <flag> -p sci-misc/praat
jack? ( virtual/jack ) alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib ) pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse ) gtk? ( x11-libs/gtk+:3 ) pango? ( x11-libs/pango )
jack? ( virtual/jack ) alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib ) pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse ) gtk? ( x11-libs/gtk+:3 ) pango? ( x11-libs/pango )