Install this version:
emerge -a =app-office/obsidian-1.13.4
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-office/obsidian-1.13.4
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-office/obsidian-1.13.4
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13.4 | 8 | -* ~amd64 | 0 |
# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
CHROMIUM_LANGS="
af am ar bg bn ca cs da de el en-GB en-US es es-419 et fa fi fil fr gu he hi
hr hu id it ja kn ko lt lv ml mr ms nb nl pl pt-BR pt-PT ro ru sk sl sr sv
sw ta te th tr uk ur vi zh-CN zh-TW
"
inherit chromium-2 desktop xdg
DESCRIPTION="Knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files"
HOMEPAGE="https://obsidian.md/"
# Upstream also ships an arm64 tarball, but its bundled btime and get-fonts
# modules are x86-64 binaries there, so it installs with unresolved sonames.
SRC_URI="https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
LICENSE="Obsidian-EULA"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64"
IUSE="appindicator wayland"
RESTRICT="bindist mirror strip"
RDEPEND="
>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2
app-crypt/libsecret
dev-libs/expat
dev-libs/glib:2
dev-libs/nspr
dev-libs/nss
media-libs/alsa-lib
media-libs/fontconfig
media-libs/mesa[gbm(+)]
net-print/cups
sys-apps/dbus
sys-apps/util-linux
sys-libs/glibc
x11-libs/cairo
x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
x11-libs/gtk+:3
x11-libs/libdrm
x11-libs/libX11
x11-libs/libXScrnSaver
x11-libs/libXcomposite
x11-libs/libXdamage
x11-libs/libXext
x11-libs/libXfixes
x11-libs/libXrandr
x11-libs/libxcb
x11-libs/libxkbcommon
x11-libs/libxshmfence
x11-libs/pango
appindicator? ( dev-libs/libayatana-appindicator )
"
DESTDIR="/opt/${PN}"
QA_PREBUILT="*"
obsidian_desktop_entry() {
local file="${T}/$1.desktop" name="$2" exec="$3"
cat > "${file}" <<-EOF || die
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=${name}
Comment=${DESCRIPTION}
Exec=${exec} %u
Icon=${PN}
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=obsidian
Categories=Office;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/obsidian;
EOF
domenu "${file}"
}
pkg_setup() {
# chromium-2 inherits linux-info, but this binary package does not need kernel probing.
:
}
src_prepare() {
default
pushd locales >/dev/null || die "location change for language cleanup failed"
chromium_remove_language_paks
popd >/dev/null || die "location reset for language cleanup failed"
}
src_install() {
exeinto "${DESTDIR}"
doexe obsidian obsidian-cli chrome-sandbox \
libEGL.so libffmpeg.so libGLESv2.so libvk_swiftshader.so
local optional
for optional in chrome_crashpad_handler libvulkan.so.1; do
[[ -f ${optional} ]] && doexe "${optional}"
done
insinto "${DESTDIR}"
doins chrome_100_percent.pak chrome_200_percent.pak icudtl.dat resources.pak \
snapshot_blob.bin v8_context_snapshot.bin vk_swiftshader_icd.json
insopts -m0755
doins -r locales resources
# Chrome-sandbox requires the setuid bit to be specifically set.
# see https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/17972
fowners root "${DESTDIR}/chrome-sandbox"
fperms 4711 "${DESTDIR}/chrome-sandbox"
newicon -s 512 resources/icon.png "${PN}.png"
dosym -r "${DESTDIR}/obsidian" /usr/bin/obsidian
dosym -r "${DESTDIR}/obsidian-cli" /usr/bin/obsidian-cli
if use appindicator; then
dosym -r "/usr/$(get_libdir)/libayatana-appindicator3.so" "${DESTDIR}/libappindicator3.so"
fi
obsidian_desktop_entry "${PN}" Obsidian obsidian
# Electron runs natively under Wayland with the Ozone platform, but that
# crashes on some systems, so keep the XWayland entry above as the default
# and offer this one alongside it. See https://bugs.gentoo.org/915899
if use wayland; then
obsidian_desktop_entry "${PN}-wayland" "Obsidian (Wayland)" \
"obsidian --ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations --enable-wayland-ime"
fi
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p app-office/obsidian |
euse -E <flag> -p app-office/obsidian |
euse -D <flag> -p app-office/obsidian
>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2 app-crypt/libsecret dev-libs/expat dev-libs/glib:2 dev-libs/nspr dev-libs/nss media-libs/alsa-lib media-libs/fontconfig media-libs/mesa[gbm(+)] net-print/cups sys-apps/dbus sys-apps/util-linux sys-libs/glibc x11-libs/cairo x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 x11-libs/gtk+:3 x11-libs/libdrm x11-libs/libX11 x11-libs/libXScrnSaver x11-libs/libXcomposite x11-libs/libXdamage x11-libs/libXext x11-libs/libXfixes x11-libs/libXrandr x11-libs/libxcb x11-libs/libxkbcommon x11-libs/libxshmfence x11-libs/pango appindicator? ( dev-libs/libayatana-appindicator )
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | obsidian-1.13.4.tar.gz | 128723599 bytes | https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases/download/v1.13.4/obsidian-1.13.4.tar.gz |