Install this version:
emerge -a =app-text/readest-bin-0.11.12If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-text/readest-bin-0.11.12Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-text/readest-bin-0.11.12| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.11.12 | 8 | ~amd64 | 0 |
# Copyright 2025-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit desktop xdg
MY_PN="${PN%-bin}"
DESCRIPTION="A modern, feature-rich ebook reader"
HOMEPAGE="https://readest.com/ https://github.com/readest/readest"
URI_PREFIX="https://github.com/readest/readest/releases/download/v${PV}/Readest_${PV}"
SRC_URI="
amd64? ( ${URI_PREFIX}_amd64.AppImage -> ${P}_amd64.AppImage )
"
S="${WORKDIR}"
LICENSE="AGPL-3"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64"
RESTRICT="strip"
QA_PREBUILT="usr/bin/${MY_PN}"
RDEPEND="sys-fs/fuse:0"
src_unpack() {
cp "${DISTDIR}/${P}_amd64.AppImage" "${MY_PN}" || die
chmod +x "${MY_PN}" || die
./"${MY_PN}" --appimage-extract >/dev/null || die
}
src_install() {
dobin "${MY_PN}"
domenu squashfs-root/Readest.desktop
doicon -s 256 squashfs-root/readest.png
}