Install this version:
emerge -a =app-office/notesnook-bin-3.4.6
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-office/notesnook-bin-3.4.6
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-office/notesnook-bin-3.4.6
# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit desktop xdg
MY_PN="${PN%-bin}"
DESCRIPTION="End-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote"
HOMEPAGE="https://notesnook.com/
https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook/"
SRC_URI="
amd64? (
https://github.com/streetwriters/${MY_PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${MY_PN}_linux_x86_64.AppImage
-> ${P}-amd64.AppImage
)
arm64? (
https://github.com/streetwriters/${MY_PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${MY_PN}_linux_arm64.AppImage
-> ${P}-arm64.AppImage
)
"
S="${WORKDIR}"
LICENSE="GPL-3+"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64 ~arm64"
RESTRICT="splitdebug"
RDEPEND="
>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2
dev-libs/expat
dev-libs/glib:2
dev-libs/nspr
dev-libs/nss
media-libs/alsa-lib
media-libs/mesa[gbm(+)]
net-print/cups
sys-apps/dbus
sys-libs/glibc
virtual/libudev
x11-libs/cairo
x11-libs/gtk+:3
x11-libs/libnotify
x11-libs/libX11
x11-libs/libXcomposite
x11-libs/libXdamage
x11-libs/libXext
x11-libs/libXfixes
x11-libs/libXrandr
x11-libs/libXScrnSaver
x11-libs/libXtst
x11-libs/libxcb
x11-libs/libxkbcommon
x11-libs/pango
"
QA_PREBUILT="*"
src_unpack() {
local arch=amd64
use arm64 && arch=arm64
cp "${DISTDIR}/${P}-${arch}.AppImage" "${MY_PN}" || die
chmod +x "${MY_PN}" || die
./"${MY_PN}" --appimage-extract > /dev/null || die
}
src_prepare() {
default
local desktop="squashfs-root/${MY_PN}.desktop"
sed -i "s|^Exec=AppRun|Exec=${MY_PN}|" "${desktop}" || die
# upstream repeats the scheme handler and ships action groups it never
# declares, both of which desktop-file-validate rejects
local actions
actions=$(sed -nE 's/^\[Desktop Action (.+)\]$/\1;/p' "${desktop}" | tr -d '\n')
sed -i -e "s|^MimeType=.*|MimeType=x-scheme-handler/nn;|" \
-e "/^MimeType=/a Actions=${actions}" "${desktop}" || die
}
src_install() {
cd squashfs-root || die
dodoc LICENSE.electron.txt LICENSES.chromium.html
insinto /usr/share
doins -r usr/share/icons
domenu "${MY_PN}.desktop"
rm -r AppRun .DirIcon usr "${MY_PN}.desktop" "${MY_PN}.png" \
LICENSE.electron.txt LICENSES.chromium.html || die
local apphome="/opt/${MY_PN}"
dodir "${apphome}"
cp -r . "${ED}${apphome}" || die
# Chrome-sandbox requires the setuid bit to be specifically set.
# see https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/17972
fowners root "${apphome}/chrome-sandbox"
fperms 4711 "${apphome}/chrome-sandbox"
dosym -r "${apphome}/${MY_PN}" "/usr/bin/${MY_PN}"
}
>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2 dev-libs/expat dev-libs/glib:2 dev-libs/nspr dev-libs/nss media-libs/alsa-lib media-libs/mesa[gbm(+)] net-print/cups sys-apps/dbus sys-libs/glibc virtual/libudev x11-libs/cairo x11-libs/gtk+:3 x11-libs/libnotify x11-libs/libX11 x11-libs/libXcomposite x11-libs/libXdamage x11-libs/libXext x11-libs/libXfixes x11-libs/libXrandr x11-libs/libXScrnSaver x11-libs/libXtst x11-libs/libxcb x11-libs/libxkbcommon x11-libs/pango
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | notesnook-bin-3.4.6-amd64.AppImage | 113077639 bytes | https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook/releases/download/v3.4.6/notesnook_linux_x86_64.AppImage |
| DIST | notesnook-bin-3.4.6-arm64.AppImage | 112253023 bytes | https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook/releases/download/v3.4.6/notesnook_linux_arm64.AppImage |