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Install this package:

emerge -a gnome-base/gnome-shell

Package Information

Description:: GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.
Homepage:: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell
License:: GPL-2+ LGPL-2+

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords	Slot
51.0	8	~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86	0

Metadata

Description

GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.

Maintainers

Gentoo GNOME Desktop (gnome@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Upstream

Remote IDs:
- gnome-gitlab: GNOME/gnome-shell

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>gnome@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo GNOME Desktop</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription>
    GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3
    desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications.
    GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics
    hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to
    provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.
  </longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="pipewire">Use pipewire to enable the camera monitor</flag>
		<flag name="elogind">Use <pkg>sys-auth/elogind</pkg> for session tracking and suspend support.</flag>
		<flag name="ibus">Enable support for enhanced input methods through <pkg>app-i18n/ibus</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="xwayland">Enable <pkg>x11-base/xwayland</pkg> integration for running X11 applications under Wayland</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="gnome-gitlab">GNOME/gnome-shell</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Notice] Ebuild 51.0 has an invalid header. It should start with a valid copyright line (e.g., '# Copyright YEARS MAIN-CONTRIBUTOR') and the GPLv2 distribution text followed by an empty line.
[Warning] Ebuild 51.0 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 3.
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[Warning] Ebuild 51.0 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 219.
[Warning] Ebuild 51.0 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 220.
[Warning] USE flag 'gtk-doc' in ebuild 51.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'networkmanager' in ebuild 51.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'selinux' in ebuild 51.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'systemd' in ebuild 51.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 51.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'gnome-shell-51.0.tar.xz'
[Error] Repository is missing a repo-name in metadata/layout.conf or profiles/repo_name
[Notice] Package has only unstable keywords for arch(es): [ amd64, arm, arm64, riscv, x86 ], all versions are unstable: [ 51.0 ]
[Warning] Ebuild 51.0 uses USE flag 'ibus' purely for an optional RDEPEND. USE-controlled optional RDEPs are not acceptable except under very specific circumstances (PG0001).
[Warning] Ebuild 51.0 uses USE flag 'selinux' purely for an optional RDEPEND. USE-controlled optional RDEPs are not acceptable except under very specific circumstances (PG0001).

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p gnome-base/gnome-shell | euse -E <flag> -p gnome-base/gnome-shell | euse -D <flag> -p gnome-base/gnome-shell

Flag	Description	51.0
elogind	Use <pkg>sys-auth/elogind</pkg> for session tracking and suspend support.	✓
gtk-doc	⚠️	✓
ibus	Enable support for enhanced input methods through <pkg>app-i18n/ibus</pkg>	⊕
networkmanager	Enable improved backend for Network statistics using <pkg>kde-frameworks/networkmanager-qt</pkg> ⚠️	⊕
pipewire	Use pipewire to enable the camera monitor	✓
selinux	Enable SELinux policy support for enhanced security in SELinux-enabled systems. Required for proper operation on systems with SELinux in enforcing mode. ⚠️	✓
systemd	Install the system and user systemd units for the lemond daemon, plus the sysusers.d snippet. Upstream provides no OpenRC service and the units use systemd-only directives, so they are omitted on non-systemd installs. ⚠️	✓
test	Build and run the upstream test suite (requires dbus-test-runner) ⚠️	✓
xwayland	Enable <pkg>x11-base/xwayland</pkg> integration for running X11 applications under Wayland	✓

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions

Unmatched Entries

Type	File	Size
DIST	gnome-shell-51.0.tar.xz	2390872 bytes

gnome-base/gnome-shell (bentoo)