Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-libs/appstream-1.1.2
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-libs/appstream-1.1.2
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-libs/appstream-1.1.2
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.2 | 8 | ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86 | 0/5 |
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit meson xdg-utils vala
if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
inherit git-r3
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ximion/${PN}"
else
MY_PV="v${PV}"
SRC_URI="
https://github.com/ximion/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
https://github.com/ximion/${PN}/commit/0135be63bc91d26969c3cdd90fee73c108b48684.patch
-> ${P}-emit-strings.patch
https://github.com/ximion/${PN}/commit/de5a582789be4931f7fe3958386b21763360ce4b.patch
-> ${P}-drop-API-warning.patch
https://github.com/ximion/${PN}/commit/9b92c867c48fb3a8494a51a761fa7e7605263907.patch
-> ${P}-optional-tools.patch
https://github.com/ximion/${PN}/commit/fb8726bc9b7f6d58a16153a149b4475fb912a312.patch
-> ${P}-improve-heuristics.patch
"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
fi
DESCRIPTION="Cross-distro effort for providing metadata for software in the Linux ecosystem"
HOMEPAGE="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/"
LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+ GPL-2+"
# check as_api_level
SLOT="0/5"
IUSE="apt bash-completion compose doc +introspection qt6 svg systemd tools test vala zstd"
RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
RDEPEND="
>=dev-libs/glib-2.62:2
>=net-misc/curl-7.62
dev-libs/libfyaml
dev-libs/libxml2:2=
>=dev-libs/libxmlb-0.3.14:=
dev-libs/snowball-stemmer:=
bash-completion? (
app-shells/bash-completion
)
compose? (
>=x11-libs/cairo-1.12
x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
media-libs/freetype:2
x11-libs/pango
media-libs/fontconfig:1.0
svg? ( gnome-base/librsvg:2 )
)
introspection? (
>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:=
)
qt6? (
>=dev-qt/qtbase-6.4.2:6
)
systemd? (
sys-apps/systemd:=
)
zstd? (
app-arch/zstd:=
)
"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
BDEPEND="
app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
dev-libs/libxslt
dev-util/glib-utils
dev-util/gperf
dev-util/itstool
>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
doc? ( app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5 )
test? ( dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist] )
vala? ( $(vala_depend) )
"
PATCHES=(
# Ensure certain values are always explicitly emitted as strings
"${DISTDIR}/${P}-emit-strings.patch"
# Drop API instability warning
"${DISTDIR}/${P}-drop-API-warning.patch"
# Allow disabling command-line tools
"${DISTDIR}/${P}-optional-tools.patch"
# yaml: Improve string quoting heuristics
"${DISTDIR}/${P}-improve-heuristics.patch"
# Fix tests
"${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-tests.patch"
)
src_prepare() {
default
# Change docdir name
sed -e "/^as_doc_target_dir/s/appstream/${PF}/" -i docs/meson.build || die
use vala && vala_setup
}
src_configure() {
xdg_environment_reset
local emesonargs=(
-Dcompose=false
-Dmaintainer=false
-Dstatic-analysis=false
-Dstemming=true
-Dapt-support=$(usex apt true false)
-Dbash-completion=$(usex bash-completion true false)
-Dcompose=$(usex compose true false)
-Dgir=$(usex introspection true false)
-Dqt=$(usex qt6 true false)
-Dsvg-support=$(usex svg true false)
-Dsystemd=$(usex systemd true false)
-Dvapi=$(usex vala true false)
-Dzstd-support=$(usex zstd true false)
-Dtools=$(usex tools true false)
-Ddocs=$(usex doc true false)
-Dapidocs=$(usex doc true false)
-Dinstall-docs=$(usex doc true false)
-Dman=true
)
meson_src_configure
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p dev-libs/appstream |
euse -E <flag> -p dev-libs/appstream |
euse -D <flag> -p dev-libs/appstream
>=dev-libs/glib-2.62:2 >=net-misc/curl-7.62 dev-libs/libfyaml dev-libs/libxml2:2= >=dev-libs/libxmlb-0.3.14:= dev-libs/snowball-stemmer:= bash-completion? ( app-shells/bash-completion ) compose? ( >=x11-libs/cairo-1.12 x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 media-libs/freetype:2 x11-libs/pango media-libs/fontconfig:1.0 svg? ( gnome-base/librsvg:2 ) ) introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= ) qt6? ( >=dev-qt/qtbase-6.4.2:6 ) systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:= ) zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:= )
>=dev-libs/glib-2.62:2 >=net-misc/curl-7.62 dev-libs/libfyaml dev-libs/libxml2:2= >=dev-libs/libxmlb-0.3.14:= dev-libs/snowball-stemmer:= bash-completion? ( app-shells/bash-completion ) compose? ( >=x11-libs/cairo-1.12 x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 media-libs/freetype:2 x11-libs/pango media-libs/fontconfig:1.0 svg? ( gnome-base/librsvg:2 ) ) introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= ) qt6? ( >=dev-qt/qtbase-6.4.2:6 ) systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:= ) zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:= )
app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets dev-libs/libxslt dev-util/glib-utils dev-util/gperf dev-util/itstool >=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8 doc? ( app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5 ) test? ( dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist] ) vala? ( $(vala_depend) )