Gentoo Packages

All USE Flags

"${ALL_LLVM_TARGETS[@]/llvm_targets_/llvm_targets_}" - 1 package(s)
"${ALL_RUST_SYSROOTS[@]/rust_sysroots_/rust_sysroots_}" - 1 package(s)
"( - 1 package(s)
$(printf - 2 package(s)
${IUSE} - 1 package(s)
${LO_EXTS}) - 1 package(s)
' - 1 package(s)
'libreoffice_extensions_%s - 1 package(s)
( - 2 package(s)
) - 1 package(s)
)" - 1 package(s)
10bit - 1 package(s)
Add support for building 10-bit and 12-bit AV2.
8bit - 1 package(s)
Add support for decoding 8-bit AV2.
X - 18 package(s)
Enable X11 display server support
a52 - 1 package(s)
aac - 1 package(s)
abi_x86_32 - 3 package(s)
accessibility - 3 package(s)
Adds support for braille displays using brltty
acl - 3 package(s)
addonmgr - 1 package(s)
Build the addon manager module for automatic handling of 3rd party addons
aio - 1 package(s)
Enables support for Linux's Async IO
alacritty - 1 package(s)
alembic - 1 package(s)
Add support for Alembic through <pkg>media-gfx/alembic</pkg>.
alsa - 5 package(s)
Enable alsa output for sound emulation
alternate-calendar - 1 package(s)
Support alternate calendar systems (currently Chinese or Indian) via <pkg>dev-libs/icu</pkg>
amd64 - 2 package(s)
amdgpu - 1 package(s)
Build and install AMD dGPU (Navi3x and above) plugin
apparmor - 1 package(s)
appindicator - 1 package(s)
Enable appindicator (system tray) support via dev-libs/libayatana-appindicator.
aqua - 1 package(s)
archive - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>app-arch/libarchive</pkg> for archives support
asm - 2 package(s)
Build optimized assembly (nasm) routines where available.
assembly - 1 package(s)
Build the assembly module to create 3D models composed of several distinguishable parts as a conformed machine.
atlas - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>sci-libs/atlas</pkg> for blas, lapack and sparse blas routines (Experimental!)
audiocom - 1 package(s)
Enable integrated uploading to audio.com
audit - 2 package(s)
Enable support for <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg>
avif - 2 package(s)
base - 1 package(s)
Enable full support for LibreOffice Base databases (involves additional bundled libs)
bash-completion - 1 package(s)
big-endian - 2 package(s)
bim - 1 package(s)
Build the BIM module and workbench
bluetooth - 3 package(s)
boot - 1 package(s)
Enable EFI boot manager and stub loader
bpf - 2 package(s)
Enable BPF support for sandboxing and firewalling.
branding - 1 package(s)
breakpad - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>dev-util/breakpad</pkg> as the crash handler
browser - 1 package(s)
Build the chromedp backend for the headless "script" version parser, driving an already-installed Chrome/Chromium over the DevTools Protocol (no browser download needed)
btrbk - 1 package(s)
Pull in app-backup/btrbk as a snapshot engine backend for bentoo snapshot (btrfs snapshot creation, retention and local/remote send-receive)
bullet - 1 package(s)
Enable Bullet (Physics Engine).
bzip2 - 3 package(s)
Enable bzip2 encoder/decoder plugin
cairo - 1 package(s)
cam - 1 package(s)
Build the CAM module and workbench
capi - 1 package(s)
Enable ISDN support via CAPI
caps - 1 package(s)
capstone - 1 package(s)
Enable disassembly support with <pkg>dev-libs/capstone</pkg>
cbor - 1 package(s)
Enable CBOR support for coSWID and uSWID via <pkg>dev-libs/libcbor</pkg>
cdda - 1 package(s)
cdr - 1 package(s)
Enable support for CorelDRAW files via <pkg>media-libs/libcdr</pkg>
cgroup-hybrid - 1 package(s)
Default to hybrid (legacy) cgroup hierarchy instead of unified (modern).
clang - 1 package(s)
Depend on <pkg>llvm-core/clang</pkg> as host compiler
claude-agent-tui - 2 package(s)
Install the claude-agent-tui ACP bridge to run the Claude Code TUI in Zed's agent panel
clippy - 2 package(s)
Install clippy, Rust code linter
cloud - 1 package(s)
Build the Cloud workbench, to access cloud providers (mostly Amazon S3).
coinmp - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>sci-libs/coinor-mp</pkg> as alternative solver
collab - 1 package(s)
Build the collaboration server
collada - 1 package(s)
Add support for Collada interchange format through <pkg>media-libs/opencollada</pkg>.
color-management - 1 package(s)
Enable color management via <pkg>media-libs/opencolorio</pkg>.
concheck - 1 package(s)
Enable connectivity checking support
connection-sharing - 1 package(s)
Support connection sharing (uses <pkg>net-dns/dnsmasq</pkg>)
contrib - 1 package(s)
Install user contributed scripts from opencv_contrib (Experimental!)
contribcvv - 1 package(s)
Enable CVV in contrib
contribdnn - 1 package(s)
Enable DNN module
contribfreetype - 1 package(s)
Enable Drawing UTF-8 strings with <pkg>media-libs/freetype</pkg>&<pkg>media-libs/harfbuzz</pkg>
contribhdf - 1 package(s)
Enable HDF module (requires <pkg>sci-libs/hdf5</pkg>)
contribovis - 1 package(s)
Enable OGRE vision module support (<pkg>dev-games/ogre</pkg>)
contribsfm - 1 package(s)
Enable SFM module (requires USE="eigen gflags glog")
contribxfeatures2d - 1 package(s)
Enables xfeatures2d and autodownload of samples in contrib
corefonts - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>media-fonts/corefonts</pkg> which is required by some commands
corepack - 1 package(s)
Enable the experimental corepack package management tool
cpu_flags_arm_aes - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_arm_neon - 2 package(s)
cpu_flags_arm_sha1 - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_arm_sha2 - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_ppc_altivec - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_ppc_vsx2 - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_ppc_vsx3 - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_aes - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_avx - 2 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_avx2 - 2 package(s)
Select the AVX2-optimized binary on amd64 (default on modern CPUs).
cpu_flags_x86_avx512_4fmaps - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_avx512_4vnniw - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_avx512er - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_avx512pf - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_f16c - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_pclmul - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_sha - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_sse - 1 package(s)
cpu_flags_x86_sse2 - 5 package(s)
crossdev-mingw - 2 package(s)
Use <pkg>sys-devel/crossdev</pkg> for the toolchain rather than <pkg>dev-util/mingw64-toolchain</pkg> (requires manual setup and is mostly unsupported, try disabling if you have issues)
crypt - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>dev-libs/libsodium</pkg> for crypto support
cryptsetup - 1 package(s)
Enable cryptsetup tools (includes unit generator for crypttab)
cscope - 1 package(s)
Enable cscope interface
cube - 1 package(s)
Build the cube/cubepp demos
cuda - 5 package(s)
Build cycles renderer with nVidia CUDA support.
cudnn - 1 package(s)
Enable support for nVidia cuDNN library
cups - 3 package(s)
curl - 3 package(s)
Enable support for automated uploading of crash reports
custom-cflags - 2 package(s)
cxx - 1 package(s)
cycles - 1 package(s)
Enable the Cycles raytracing render engine.
cycles-bin-kernels - 1 package(s)
Precompile the cycles render kernels for the CUDA/HIP/OneAPI backends, if they are enabled, at compile time. This makes it so that the user doesn't have to wait for the kernels to compile when they are used for the first time in Blender. If this option is not on, they will be built as needed at runtime.
d3d10 - 1 package(s)
Enable support for DirectX 10 (d3d10.dll)
d3d11 - 1 package(s)
Enable support for DirectX 11 (d3d11.dll)
d3d8 - 1 package(s)
Enable support for DirectX 8 (d3d8.dll)
d3d9 - 2 package(s)
Enable Direct 3D9 API through Nine state tracker. Can be used together with patched wine.
dbengine - 1 package(s)
Enable the Netdata database engine
dbus - 3 package(s)
Enable support for notifications and power-management features via D-Bus
ddraw - 1 package(s)
Enable support for DirectDraw and Direct3D 1-7 (ddraw.dll)
debug - 17 package(s)
debugger - 1 package(s)
Install the CUDA debugger
deprecated - 2 package(s)
Enable deprecated features for compatibility with older Lua versions
designer - 1 package(s)
Build and install the Qt designer plugin, so the FreeCAD widgets can be used from within designer.
dhclient - 1 package(s)
Use dhclient from <pkg>net-misc/dhcp</pkg> for getting an IP via DHCP
dhcpcd - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>net-misc/dhcpcd</pkg> for getting an IP
dia - 1 package(s)
Enable DIA flow chart import via <pkg>app-office/dia</pkg>
dist - 1 package(s)
Install dist tarballs (used for bootstrapping)
djvu - 1 package(s)
dnnsamples - 1 package(s)
Enable dnn caffeemodel samples
dns-over-tls - 1 package(s)
Enable DNS-over-TLS support
doc - 14 package(s)
double-precision - 1 package(s)
Use double-precision floats (default: single-precision)
drm - 1 package(s)
Build with drm support for cam tool
dts - 1 package(s)
dv - 1 package(s)
dvb - 1 package(s)
dvd - 1 package(s)
dxgi - 1 package(s)
Enable support for the DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (dxgi.dll)
eds - 1 package(s)
egl - 3 package(s)
Use EGL for smooth rendering on high refresh rate monitors
eigen - 1 package(s)
Enable usage of <pkg>dev-cpp/eigen</pkg> for computations
elfutils - 2 package(s)
Build with improved debugging using <pkg>dev-libs/elfutils</pkg>
elogind - 3 package(s)
Use <pkg>sys-auth/elogind</pkg> for session tracking
embree - 1 package(s)
Use embree to accelerate certain areas of the Cycles render engine.
examples - 5 package(s)
Example ufw config files
exif - 1 package(s)
experimental - 2 package(s)
Enable experimental features
extensions-cli - 1 package(s)
Build the zed-extension CLI for managing extensions
facedetect - 1 package(s)
Enables building of facedetect plugin, which depends on <pkg>media-libs/opencv</pkg>
fdt - 1 package(s)
Enables firmware device tree support
features2d - 1 package(s)
Enable features2d module
fem - 1 package(s)
Build the FEM module and workbench which provides Finite Element Analysis (FEA) workflows
ffmpeg - 4 package(s)
fftw - 2 package(s)
fido2 - 1 package(s)
Enable FIDO2 support
flac - 2 package(s)
flatpak - 1 package(s)
Enable <pkg>sys-apps/flatpak</pkg> integration
fluid - 1 package(s)
Adds fluid simulation support via the built-in Mantaflow library.
fontconfig - 2 package(s)
fpx - 1 package(s)
Enable <pkg>media-libs/libfpx</pkg> support
fuse - 1 package(s)
Enables FUSE block device export
gamepad - 1 package(s)
Enable gamepad input support via <pkg>dev-libs/libmanette</pkg>
gbm - 1 package(s)
Enable Graphics Buffer Manager based EGL windowing system support (requires egl and at least one of gles or opengl)
gcrypt - 1 package(s)
Enable use of <pkg>dev-libs/libgcrypt</pkg> for various features
gdal - 1 package(s)
Enable support for <pkg>sci-libs/gdal</pkg> library
geolocation - 1 package(s)
gflags - 1 package(s)
Use Google's C++ argument parsing library (<pkg>dev-cpp/gflags</pkg>)
gif - 1 package(s)
gles2 - 2 package(s)
Enable OpenGL library and plugin via GLESv2 API (requires egl)
glib - 1 package(s)
Enable <pkg>dev-libs/glib</pkg> unicode functions
glog - 1 package(s)
Use Google's C++ logging library (<pkg>dev-cpp/glog</pkg>)
glusterfs - 1 package(s)
Enables GlusterFS cluster fileystem via <pkg>sys-cluster/glusterfs</pkg>
gmp - 2 package(s)
gnome - 2 package(s)
gnutls - 4 package(s)
Enable TLS support for the VNC console server. For 1.4 and newer this also enables WebSocket support. For 2.0 through 2.3 also enables disk quorum support.
googledrive - 1 package(s)
Enable support for remote files on Google Drive
gphoto2 - 3 package(s)
gpm - 1 package(s)
graphicsmagick - 1 package(s)
graphite - 1 package(s)
Enable <pkg>media-gfx/graphite2</pkg> complementary shaper
graphviz - 1 package(s)
gssapi - 1 package(s)
Enable gssapi support
gstreamer - 5 package(s)
gtk - 2 package(s)
gtk-doc - 4 package(s)
gtk3 - 2 package(s)
Enable <pkg>x11-libs/gtk+</pkg>:3 support
gtk4 - 1 package(s)
Enable support for <pkg>gui-libs/gtk</pkg>:4
gui - 5 package(s)
Build FreeCAD with a Qt based GUI. If built without setting this USE flag, FreeCAD can be used in a headless mode, for server-side instances. The Python modules are available, without their GUI parts though, if this is unset.
hardened - 1 package(s)
hdri - 1 package(s)
Enable High Dynamic Range Images formats
heif - 1 package(s)
hip - 1 package(s)
Build cycles renderer with AMD HIP support.
hiprt - 1 package(s)
Enable AMD HIP GPU ray tracing acceleration via <pkg>dev-libs/hiprt</pkg>.
homed - 1 package(s)
Enable portable home directories
http - 2 package(s)
Enable embedded HTTP server in journald
hwaccel - 1 package(s)
enable hardware-accelerated rendering support
icu - 2 package(s)
id3tag - 1 package(s)
Enable ID3 tagging via <pkg>media-libs/libid3tag</pkg>
idf - 1 package(s)
Build the IDF module to provide file exchange capabilities with IDF files
idn - 2 package(s)
ieee1394 - 1 package(s)
imagemagick - 1 package(s)
importd - 1 package(s)
Enable import daemon
infiniband - 1 package(s)
inkjar - 1 package(s)
Enable support for OpenOffice.org SVG jar files
inspection - 1 package(s)
Build the inspection workbench which gives you specific tools for examination of shapes (experimental)
inspector - 1 package(s)
Enable V8 inspector
introspection - 12 package(s)
io-uring - 1 package(s)
ipmi - 1 package(s)
Install <pkg>sys-apps/ipmitool</pkg> required for monitoring IPMI sensors
iptables - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>net-firewall/iptables</pkg> for connection sharing
ipv6 - 1 package(s)
IPv6 support for iptables
iscsi - 1 package(s)
Enable direct iSCSI support via <pkg>net-libs/libiscsi</pkg> instead of indirectly via the Linux block layer that <pkg>sys-block/open-iscsi</pkg> does.
ivorbis - 1 package(s)
Enable integer based vorbis decoder
iwd - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>net-wireless/iwd</pkg> instead of <pkg>net-wireless/wpa_supplicant</pkg> for wifi support by default
jack - 3 package(s)
jasper - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>media-libs/jasper</pkg> for jpeg2k support
java - 2 package(s)
jbig - 1 package(s)
jemalloc - 4 package(s)
jpeg - 6 package(s)
Enable jpeg image support for the VNC console server
jpeg2k - 3 package(s)
jpegxl - 2 package(s)
jumbo-build - 1 package(s)
Combine source files to speed up build process
kde - 3 package(s)
Install a Dolphin/KIO service menu (Plasma 6) that asks for a one-time code via <pkg>kde-apps/kdialog</pkg> before an irreversible delete
kerberos - 1 package(s)
kernel-install - 1 package(s)
Enable kernel-install
keyring - 1 package(s)
keyutils - 1 package(s)
Support Linux keyrings via <pkg>sys-apps/keyutils</pkg>
kmod - 1 package(s)
Enable kernel module loading via <pkg>sys-apps/kmod</pkg>
l10n_ - 3 package(s)
l10n_${X} - 1 package(s)
l10n_en-US - 1 package(s)
ladspa - 1 package(s)
lame - 1 package(s)
lapack - 1 package(s)
large-stack - 1 package(s)
Enables code to take advantage of large stack support
layers - 1 package(s)
Include the vulkan layers
lcms - 3 package(s)
ldap - 1 package(s)
libarchive - 1 package(s)
Enable libarchive support
libass - 1 package(s)
libde265 - 1 package(s)
Enable H.265 decoding via <pkg>media-libs/libde265</pkg>
libedit - 3 package(s)
libsecret - 1 package(s)
Enable password storage support using libsecret for storing credentials securely in the system keyring (GNOME Keyring, KWallet)
libvisual - 1 package(s)
Enable visualization effects via <pkg>media-libs/libvisual</pkg>
livecd - 1 package(s)
USE flag for Gentoo modules branding on LIVEDVD
llvm - 1 package(s)
Enable LLVM backend for Gallium3D.
llvm-libunwind - 1 package(s)
lm-sensors - 1 package(s)
Enable Gallium HUD lm-sensors support.
lqr - 1 package(s)
Enable experimental liquid rescale support using <pkg>media-libs/liblqr</pkg>
lto - 2 package(s)
lua - 1 package(s)
lv2 - 1 package(s)
Add support for Ladspa V2
lz4 - 1 package(s)
Enable lz4 compression for the journal
lzma - 2 package(s)
lzo - 1 package(s)
mamba - 1 package(s)
enable libmamba resolver
man - 1 package(s)
manifold - 1 package(s)
Enable Manifold render backend via <pkg>sci-mathematics/manifold</pkg>
mariadb - 1 package(s)
Prefer mariadb connector over mysql connector
mbim - 2 package(s)
Enable MBIM modem protocol
mesh - 1 package(s)
Build the mesh module and workbench
mimalloc - 1 package(s)
Use mimalloc as the global memory allocator for improved performance
minimal - 3 package(s)
miri - 1 package(s)
Install miri, an interpreter for Rust's mid-level intermediate representation (requires USE=nightly, sometimes is broken)
mkl - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>sci-libs/mkl</pkg> for blas, lapack and sparse blas routines
modemmanager - 2 package(s)
Build and install Modem Manager plugin
modplug - 1 package(s)
mongodb - 1 package(s)
Enable support for the mongodb backend
mp3 - 2 package(s)
mpeg - 1 package(s)
mpg123 - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>media-sound/mpg123-base</pkg> instead of <pkg>media-libs/libmad</pkg> for MPEG decoding
mrustc-bootstrap - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>dev-lang/mrustc</pkg> to build the bootstrap Rust sysroot from this package's source
multipath - 1 package(s)
Enable multipath persistent reservation passthrough via <pkg>sys-fs/multipath-tools</pkg>.
mysql - 1 package(s)
nanovdb - 1 package(s)
Enable nanoVDB support in Cycles. Uses less memory than regular openVDB when rendering.
nbft - 1 package(s)
Enable NBFT support in the initrd generator
ncurses - 1 package(s)
Enable the ncurses-based console
ndof - 1 package(s)
Enable NDOF input devices (SpaceNavigator and friends).
neovim - 1 package(s)
Enable Neovim integration for full vim compatibility via RPC
netgen - 1 package(s)
Build support for the netgen mesher through <pkg>media-gfx/netgen</pkg>.
nfacct - 1 package(s)
Enable the nfacct plugin
nfs - 1 package(s)
Enable NFS support
nftables - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>net-firewall/nftables</pkg> for connection sharing
nightly - 1 package(s)
Enable nightly (UNSTABLE) features (NOTE: it does not install nightly version, just enables features marked as nightly at time of release)
nls - 5 package(s)
nodejs - 1 package(s)
Enable use of nodejs (which some plugins use)
non-free - 1 package(s)
Enable non-free components
npm - 1 package(s)
Enable NPM package manager
nsight - 1 package(s)
Install profiling and optimizing tools (nsight-compute, nsight-systems)
nss - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>dev-libs/nss</pkg> for cryptography
numa - 1 package(s)
Enable NUMA support
nvcodec - 1 package(s)
Enable NVIDIA GPU hardware encoding/decoding (NVENC/NVDEC)
nvme - 1 package(s)
Build and install NVMe plugin
odk - 1 package(s)
Build the Office Development Kit
offlinehelp - 1 package(s)
Install help files locally instead of using the LibreOffice Wiki
ofono - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>net-misc/ofono</pkg> for telephony support.
ogg - 3 package(s)
oidn - 1 package(s)
Enable OpenImageDenoiser Support
openal - 2 package(s)
opencl - 4 package(s)
Enable the Rusticl Gallium OpenCL state tracker.
opencvapps - 1 package(s)
Enable compilation with opencvapps
openexr - 3 package(s)
opengl - 8 package(s)
Enable OpenGL library and plugin via desktop OpenGL API
openmp - 4 package(s)
openni - 1 package(s)
Adds support for Kinect-like 3D sensors devices with <pkg>dev-libs/OpenNI</pkg>
openni2 - 1 package(s)
Adds support for Kinect-like 3D sensors devices with <pkg>dev-libs/OpenNI2</pkg> (should be preferred over openni)
openpgl - 1 package(s)
Enable path guiding support in Cycles
openscad - 1 package(s)
Build the OpenSCAD module for interoperability with OpenSCAD and repairing Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) history
openssl - 2 package(s)
Enable use of <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg> for various features
opensubdiv - 1 package(s)
Add rendering support form OpenSubdiv from Dreamworks Animation through <pkg>media-libs/opensubdiv</pkg>.
openvdb - 1 package(s)
Enable openvdb for volumetric processing, like the voxel remesher. Also enables volumetric GPU preview rendering for Nvidia cards.
optix - 1 package(s)
Add support for NVIDIA's OptiX Raytracing Engine.
opus - 2 package(s)
orc - 5 package(s)
osl - 1 package(s)
Add support for OpenShadingLanguage scripting.
osmesa - 2 package(s)
Add support for OpenGL in bitmaps using libOSMesa
oss - 2 package(s)
ovs - 1 package(s)
Enable OpenVSwitch support
pam - 2 package(s)
pango - 2 package(s)
Enable Pango support using <pkg>x11-libs/pango</pkg>
parallel-compiler - 1 package(s)
Build a multi-threaded rustc (experimental, not tested by upstream)
passt - 1 package(s)
Enable TCP/IP in hypervisor via <pkg>net-misc/passt</pkg>
passwdqc - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>sys-auth/passwdqc</pkg> for password checking in homed
pax-kernel - 2 package(s)
Enable building under a PaX enabled kernel
pax_kernel - 1 package(s)
Triggers a paxmarking of the binary
pcap - 1 package(s)
Support packet capture software (e.g. wireshark)
pcl - 1 package(s)
Use external <pkg>sci-libs/pcl</pkg> for point clouds support.
pcre - 1 package(s)
pdf - 2 package(s)
pdfimport - 1 package(s)
Enable PDF import via the Poppler library
perl - 2 package(s)
pin-upstream-blobs - 1 package(s)
Pin the versions of BIOS firmware to the version included in the upstream release. This is needed to sanely support migration/suspend/resume/snapshotting/etc... of instances. When the blobs are different, random corruption/bugs/crashes/etc... may be observed.
pipewire - 2 package(s)
Enable Pipewire for audio support on Linux
pkcs11 - 1 package(s)
Enable PKCS#11 support for cryptsetup and homed
playwright - 1 package(s)
Build the headless-browser ("script") version parser backend used by some autoupdate packages (via playwright-go). Requires the Playwright browsers to be installed at runtime (playwright install chromium)
plugins - 1 package(s)
Enable qemu plugin API via shared library loading.
png - 4 package(s)
Enable png image support for the VNC console server
pnpm - 1 package(s)
Install the <pkg>sys-apps/pnpm</pkg> package manager
points - 1 package(s)
Build the points module and workbench for working with point clouds
policykit - 5 package(s)
portmixer - 1 package(s)
Enable the internal portmixer feature
postgres - 1 package(s)
postscript - 2 package(s)
potrace - 1 package(s)
Add support for converting bitmaps into Grease pencil line using the potrace library.
ppp - 1 package(s)
Enable support for mobile broadband and PPPoE connections using <pkg>net-dialup/ppp</pkg>
prefix - 1 package(s)
profiler - 1 package(s)
Install the NVIDIA CUDA profiler (nvprof) and the related libraries
prometheus - 1 package(s)
Enable support for the Prometheus remote write backend
proprietary-codecs - 1 package(s)
Enable codecs for patent-encumbered audio and video formats.
protobuf - 1 package(s)
Enable protobuf plugins
psl - 1 package(s)
Use public suffix list via <pkg>net-libs/libpsl</pkg>
ptp - 1 package(s)
Controls Precision Time Protocol (PTP) helper. Written in Rust.
pugixml - 1 package(s)
Enable PugiXML support (Used for OpenImageIO, Grease Pencil SVG export)
pulseaudio - 6 package(s)
Enable PulseAudio audio support
pwquality - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>dev-libs/libpwquality</pkg> for password checking in homed
python - 7 package(s)
q32 - 1 package(s)
Set quantum depth value to 32
q8 - 1 package(s)
Set quantum depth value to 8
qmi - 1 package(s)
Enable support for the QMI modem protocol used by devices with Qualcomm chipsets
qmk - 1 package(s)
Pull in <pkg>kde-plasma/kameleon-qmk-helper</pkg> so the Kameleon kded can apply the accent colour to QMK keyboard LEDs
qrcode - 1 package(s)
Enable qrcode output support in journal
qrtr - 2 package(s)
Enable support for the QMI over IPC Router bus (QRTR) protocol
qt6 - 3 package(s)
Enable Qt6 integration for better KDE/Qt desktop environment support. Provides native look and feel on KDE Plasma and other Qt-based desktops.
racket - 1 package(s)
Enable support for Scheme using <pkg>dev-scheme/racket</pkg>
raw - 1 package(s)
raycast - 1 package(s)
Enable the raycast Editor module using <pkg>media-libs/embree</pkg>
rbd - 1 package(s)
Enable rados block device backend support, see https://docs.ceph.com/en/mimic/rbd/qemu-rbd/
rclone - 1 package(s)
Pull in net-misc/rclone as a cloud-ship backend for bentoo snapshot (uploading snapshot archives to cloud storage remotes)
rdma - 1 package(s)
Enable infiniband support via <pkg>sys-cluster/rdma-core</pkg>
readline - 5 package(s)
Enable readline support for the Lua command line interpreter
remote - 1 package(s)
Enable remote journal access
renderdoc - 1 package(s)
Build Blender with renderdoc support
resolvconf - 2 package(s)
Install resolvconf symlink for systemd-resolve
restic - 1 package(s)
Pull in app-backup/restic as a cloud-ship backend for bentoo snapshot (encrypted, deduplicated snapshot backups to remote repositories)
reverse - 1 package(s)
Build the reverse engineering module and workbench
robot - 1 package(s)
Build the robot module and workbench for studying robot movements
rocm - 2 package(s)
Enable AMD ROCm GPU acceleration support. Requires compatible AMD GPU (Radeon RX 6000 series or newer, or Radeon VII) and ROCm libraries. May require HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION environment variable for optimal compatibility. This is experimental and not all GPU models are supported.
rubberband - 1 package(s)
Build with Rubber Band for audio time-stretching and pitch-scaling (used by Audaspace) via <pkg>media-libs/rubberband</pkg>
ruby - 1 package(s)
rust-analyzer - 2 package(s)
Install rust-analyzer, A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs (language server)
rust-src - 2 package(s)
Install rust-src, needed by developer tools and for build-std (cross)
rustfmt - 2 package(s)
Install rustfmt, Rust code formatter
sane_backends_ - 1 package(s)
sanitizer - 1 package(s)
Install compute-sanitizer tool
sasl - 1 package(s)
sbsms - 1 package(s)
Enable slower, more accurate pitch and tempo changing via <pkg>media-libs/libsbsms</pkg>
scale0tilt - 1 package(s)
Enables building of scale0tilt and vectorscope plugins, which depend on <pkg>media-libs/gavl</pkg>
scanner - 1 package(s)
screen-capture - 1 package(s)
Enable screen capture support for collaboration sessions
sdl - 4 package(s)
Build Cam extra tool with SDL sink support (requires USE=gui)
sdl-image - 1 package(s)
SDL Image support for icons
seccomp - 6 package(s)
Use <pkg>sys-apps/bubblewrap</pkg> (which requires seccomp) to sandbox some functionality like icon handling
secure - 1 package(s)
Install interactive-shell safety guards (/etc/bash/bashrc.d/30-bentoo-safety.bash) that add a confirmation delay/block to destructive commands (rm -rf, reboot, poweroff, etc.)
selinux - 7 package(s)
Enable SELinux policy support for enhanced security in SELinux-enabled systems. Required for proper operation on systems with SELinux in enforcing mode.
share - 2 package(s)
Enable applet for quickly sharing data to a variety of sources
slirp - 1 package(s)
Enable TCP/IP in hypervisor via <pkg>net-libs/libslirp</pkg>
smartcard - 1 package(s)
smesh - 1 package(s)
Build Salome SMESH
snapper - 1 package(s)
Pull in app-backup/snapper as a snapshot engine backend for bentoo snapshot (snapshot creation, cleanup and system rollback)
snappy - 1 package(s)
snapshot - 1 package(s)
Enable snapshot creation for faster startup
sndfile - 1 package(s)
snmp - 1 package(s)
sound - 1 package(s)
sourceview - 1 package(s)
Enable syntax highlighting support via <pkg>x11-libs/gtksourceview</pkg>
spacenav - 1 package(s)
Add support for space navigator devices through <pkg>dev-libs/libspnav</pkg>
speech - 1 package(s)
spell - 2 package(s)
spi - 1 package(s)
Install Intel-SPI plugin
spice - 1 package(s)
Enable Spice protocol support via <pkg>app-emulation/spice</pkg>
spng - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>media-libs/libspng</pkg> for png support
spreadsheet-model - 1 package(s)
Enable the spreadsheet model implementation
sqlcipher - 1 package(s)
Allow to open and to edit databases encrypted using <pkg>dev-db/sqlcipher</pkg>
ssh - 1 package(s)
Enable SSH based block device support via <pkg>net-libs/libssh2</pkg>
ssl - 3 package(s)
static-libs - 3 package(s)
static-user - 1 package(s)
Build the User targets as static binaries
strip - 2 package(s)
surface - 1 package(s)
Build the surface module and workbench
svg - 1 package(s)
svg2 - 1 package(s)
Enable support for new SVG2 features
synaptics - 1 package(s)
Install synaptics plugin
syslog - 1 package(s)
sysprof - 1 package(s)
system-icu - 1 package(s)
Use system <pkg>dev-libs/icu</pkg> instead of the bundled version
system-llvm - 1 package(s)
Use the system LLVM installation
system-ssl - 1 package(s)
Use system OpenSSL instead of the bundled one
systemd - 11 package(s)
Pull in sys-apps/systemd for bentoo snapshot scheduling via systemd timers
systemtap - 1 package(s)
Enable SystemTap/DTrace tracing
sysv-utils - 1 package(s)
Install sysvinit compatibility symlinks and manpages for init, telinit, halt, poweroff, reboot, runlevel, and shutdown
taglib - 1 package(s)
tbb - 2 package(s)
Use threading building blocks library from <pkg>dev-cpp/tbb</pkg>.
tcl - 2 package(s)
tcmalloc - 1 package(s)
Use tcmalloc from <pkg>dev-util/google-perftools</pkg> for allocations.
teamd - 1 package(s)
Enable Teamd control support
terminal - 1 package(s)
Enable terminal emulation support
tesseract - 1 package(s)
Use Google's OCR Engine
test - 41 package(s)
Build and run the upstream test suite (requires dbus-test-runner)
test-programs - 1 package(s)
Install standalone test programs
testprograms - 1 package(s)
Build and install programs for testing OpenCV (performance)
theora - 3 package(s)
threads - 1 package(s)
tiff - 4 package(s)
tools - 5 package(s)
Build cli tools such as nmcli, nmtui and nm_cloud_setup
tpm - 2 package(s)
Enable TPM support
trace - 1 package(s)
Build with tracing capabilities
tracy - 1 package(s)
Enable Tracy profiler integration for performance analysis
truetype - 4 package(s)
Enable <pkg>media-libs/freetype</pkg> support for gapi module
twolame - 1 package(s)
Enable twolame support (MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoder) via <pkg>media-sound/twolame</pkg>
udev - 7 package(s)
uefi - 1 package(s)
Enable UEFI support
ukify - 1 package(s)
Enable systemd-ukify
unwind - 3 package(s)
Build with improved debugging using <pkg>sys-libs/libunwind</pkg> (has no effect if USE=elfutils is set)
upnp - 1 package(s)
usb - 2 package(s)
Enable USB passthrough via <pkg>dev-libs/libusb</pkg>
usbredir - 1 package(s)
Use <pkg>sys-apps/usbredir</pkg> to redirect USB devices to another machine over TCP
user - 1 package(s)
use user's home directory as default pkgs and envs prefix
v4l - 5 package(s)
vaapi - 4 package(s)
vala - 2 package(s)
valgrind - 4 package(s)
vamp - 1 package(s)
Enable vamp plugins support (Audio analysing plugins)
vanilla - 1 package(s)
Disable Gentoo-specific behavior and compatibility quirks
vcd - 1 package(s)
vde - 1 package(s)
Enable VDE-based networking
vdpau - 1 package(s)
Enable the VDPAU acceleration interface for the Gallium3D Video Layer.
verify-sig - 1 package(s)
Verify the release checksum using Brave's OpenPGP signature. Ensures the integrity and authenticity of the downloaded package.
vhost-net - 1 package(s)
Enable accelerated networking using vhost-net, see https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/VhostNet
video_cards_ - 2 package(s)
video_cards_intel - 1 package(s)
Enable Video Acceleration API for hardware decoding for Intel cards
video_cards_nouveau - 1 package(s)
vim-pager - 1 package(s)
Install vimpager and vimmanpager links
virgl - 1 package(s)
Enable experimental Virgil 3d (virtual software GPU)
virtfs - 1 package(s)
Enable VirtFS via virtio-9p-pci / fsdev. See https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup
vis-profiler - 1 package(s)
Install the NVIDIA CUDA visual profiler (nvvp)
visio - 1 package(s)
Enable support for Microsoft Visio diagrams via <pkg>media-libs/libvisio</pkg>
vnc - 2 package(s)
vorbis - 3 package(s)
vpx - 1 package(s)
vte - 1 package(s)
Enable terminal support (<pkg>x11-libs/vte</pkg>) in the GTK+ interface
vtk - 1 package(s)
Build new 3D visualization module viz based on <pkg>sci-libs/vtk</pkg>
vulkan - 9 package(s)
Add support for the Vulkan viewport backend
vulkan-overlay - 1 package(s)
Build vulkan-overlay-layer which displays Frames Per Second and other statistics
wasm - 1 package(s)
Build support for the wasm32-unknown-unknown target
wavpack - 2 package(s)
wayland - 21 package(s)
Enable native Wayland support for better integration with Wayland-based desktop environments
webdriver - 1 package(s)
Build and install the WebKitWebDriver binary for browser automation through the W3C WebDriver protocol. Only one installed SLOT may provide it (cross-SLOT blocker enforced).
webengine - 1 package(s)
Enable dictionary and web browser applets using <pkg>dev-qt/qtwebengine</pkg>
webp - 4 package(s)
webui - 1 package(s)
Install qBittorrent Web UI (qbittorrent-nox)
wechat-qrcode - 1 package(s)
Enable wechat_qrcode module
wext - 1 package(s)
Enable support for the deprecated Wext (Wireless Extensions) API; needed for some older drivers (e.g. ipw2200, ndiswrapper)
wifi - 1 package(s)
Enable support for wifi and 802.1x security
wmf - 1 package(s)
wpg - 1 package(s)
Enable support for WordPerfect graphics via <pkg>app-text/libwpg</pkg>
x264 - 1 package(s)
xa - 1 package(s)
Enable the XA (X Acceleration) API for Gallium3D.
xattr - 1 package(s)
Add support for getting and setting POSIX extended attributes, through <pkg>sys-apps/attr</pkg>. Requisite for the virtfs backend.
xdp - 1 package(s)
Enable support for XDP through <pkg>net-libs/xdp-tools</pkg>
xen - 2 package(s)
Enable monitoring of xen
xine - 1 package(s)
xinetd - 1 package(s)
xkb - 1 package(s)
Depend on <pkg>x11-libs/libxkbcommon</pkg> to allow logind to control the X11 keymap
xml - 2 package(s)
xspice - 1 package(s)
Include Xspice, a standard X server that is also a Spice server
xxhash - 1 package(s)
Enable <pkg>dev-libs/xxhash</pkg> support for the hashing muxer.
zeroconf - 1 package(s)
zip - 1 package(s)
zlib - 1 package(s)
zstd - 3 package(s)