Install this version:
emerge -a =app-misc/claude-desktop-bin-1.18286.2
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-misc/claude-desktop-bin-1.18286.2
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-misc/claude-desktop-bin-1.18286.2
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit optfeature unpacker xdg
# Upstream deb package name (without the Gentoo -bin suffix)
MY_PN="${PN%-bin}"
DESCRIPTION="Official Claude desktop app for Linux"
HOMEPAGE="
https://claude.com/download
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop-linux
"
SRC_URI="
amd64? (
https://downloads.claude.ai/claude-desktop/apt/stable/pool/main/c/claude-desktop/${MY_PN}_${PV}_amd64.deb
)
arm64? (
https://downloads.claude.ai/claude-desktop/apt/stable/pool/main/c/claude-desktop/${MY_PN}_${PV}_arm64.deb
)
"
S=${WORKDIR}
# Claude Desktop: proprietary (Anthropic Consumer Terms);
# bundled Electron/Chromium and virtiofsd: open source
LICENSE="Anthropic-Consumer-Terms Apache-2.0 BSD MIT"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64 ~arm64"
RESTRICT="bindist mirror strip"
RDEPEND="
app-accessibility/at-spi2-core
app-crypt/libsecret
dev-libs/expat
dev-libs/glib:2
dev-libs/nspr
dev-libs/nss
media-libs/alsa-lib
media-libs/mesa
sys-apps/dbus
sys-apps/util-linux
sys-apps/xdg-desktop-portal
x11-libs/cairo
x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
x11-libs/gtk+:3
x11-libs/libdrm
x11-libs/libnotify
x11-libs/libX11
x11-libs/libxcb
x11-libs/libXcomposite
x11-libs/libXdamage
x11-libs/libXext
x11-libs/libXfixes
x11-libs/libxkbcommon
x11-libs/libXrandr
x11-libs/libXtst
x11-libs/pango
x11-misc/xdg-utils
"
QA_PREBUILT="
usr/lib/claude-desktop/*
"
src_install() {
cp -a . "${ED}" || die "cp failed"
# Debian-specific packaging files
rm -r "${ED}/usr/share/doc" "${ED}/usr/share/lintian" || die "rm failed"
# chrome-sandbox needs suid for the Chromium sandbox fallback on
# kernels without unprivileged user namespaces
fperms 4755 /usr/lib/claude-desktop/chrome-sandbox
}
pkg_postinst() {
xdg_pkg_postinst
optfeature "system tray icon support" \
dev-libs/libayatana-appindicator
optfeature "storing credentials in a keyring" \
gnome-base/gnome-keyring kde-frameworks/kwallet
optfeature "Cowork virtual machine sandboxing" \
"app-emulation/qemu[qemu_softmmu_targets_x86_64]"
elog "MCP configuration: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json"
}
app-accessibility/at-spi2-core app-crypt/libsecret dev-libs/expat dev-libs/glib:2 dev-libs/nspr dev-libs/nss media-libs/alsa-lib media-libs/mesa sys-apps/dbus sys-apps/util-linux sys-apps/xdg-desktop-portal x11-libs/cairo x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 x11-libs/gtk+:3 x11-libs/libdrm x11-libs/libnotify x11-libs/libX11 x11-libs/libxcb x11-libs/libXcomposite x11-libs/libXdamage x11-libs/libXext x11-libs/libXfixes x11-libs/libxkbcommon x11-libs/libXrandr x11-libs/libXtst x11-libs/pango x11-misc/xdg-utils