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Masked: This package is masked.

Reason: Experimental version, for testing purposes only. Bug #941566.

Masked by Viorel Munteanu on 2024-10-18

Install

Install this package:

emerge -a app-emulation/virtualbox-kvm

Package Information

Description:
Family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise and home use
Homepage:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ https://github.com/cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm
License:
GPL-2+ GPL-3 LGPL-2.1 MIT dtrace? ( CDDL )

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
7.2.18_pre20260201 8 ~amd64 0/$(ver_cut 1-2)
7.2.16_pre20260201 8 ~amd64 0/$(ver_cut 1-2)

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>ceamac@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Viorel Munteanu</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="dtrace">Install dtrace Extension Pack</flag>
		<flag name="hardened">Enable hardening and install binaries SUID</flag>
		<flag name="lvm">Build VBoxVolInfo that needs devicemapper from <pkg>sys-fs/lvm2</pkg>.</flag>
		<flag name="sdk">Enable building of SDK</flag>
		<flag name="udev">Controls installation of special USB udev rules.</flag>
		<flag name="vboxwebsrv">Build and install the VirtualBox webservice</flag>
		<flag name="vde">Support for VDE networking via <pkg>net-misc/vde</pkg></flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">cyberus-technology/virtualbox-kvm</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p app-emulation/virtualbox-kvm | euse -E <flag> -p app-emulation/virtualbox-kvm | euse -D <flag> -p app-emulation/virtualbox-kvm

Flag Description 7.2.18_pre20260201 7.2.16_pre20260201
X Add support for X11 ✓ ✓
alsa Add support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) ✓ ✓
dbus Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc) ✓ ✓
debug Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces ✓ ✓
doc Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally ✓ ✓
dtrace Install dtrace Extension Pack ✓ ✓
gui Enable support for a graphical user interface ⊕ ⊕
hardened Enable hardening and install binaries SUID ⊕ ⊕
java Add support for Java ✓ ✓
lvm Build VBoxVolInfo that needs devicemapper from <pkg>sys-fs/lvm2</pkg>. ✓ ✓
nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities) ✓ ✓
opengl Add support for OpenGL (3D graphics) ⊕ ⊕
pam Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip ✓ ✓
pch Enable precompiled header support for faster compilation at the expense of disk space and memory ✓ ✓
pulseaudio Add sound server support via media-libs/libpulse (may be PulseAudio or PipeWire) ✓ ✓
python Add optional support/bindings for the Python language ✓ ✓
sdk Enable building of SDK ⊕ ⊕
sdl Add support for Simple Direct Layer (media library) ⊕ ⊕
test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently) ✓ ✓
udev Controls installation of special USB udev rules. ⊕ ⊕
vboxwebsrv Build and install the VirtualBox webservice ✓ ✓
vde Support for VDE networking via <pkg>net-misc/vde</pkg> ✓ ✓
vnc Enable VNC (remote desktop viewer) support ✓ ✓
wayland Enable dev-libs/wayland backend ✓ ✓

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST VirtualBox-7.2.16.tar.bz2 224818919 bytes 7.2.16_pre20260201
DIST VirtualBox-7.2.18.tar.bz2 256080202 bytes 7.2.18_pre20260201
DIST virtualbox-help-7.2.16.tar.xz 8380044 bytes 7.2.16_pre20260201
DIST virtualbox-help-7.2.18.tar.xz 8380624 bytes 7.2.18_pre20260201
DIST virtualbox-patches-7.2.14.tar.bz2 6774 bytes 7.2.18_pre20260201, 7.2.16_pre20260201
Unmatched Entries
Type File Size
DIST virtualbox-kvm-20260201.tar.gz 273470 bytes