Install this version:
emerge -a =app-misc/yq-4.1.2-r1
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-misc/yq-4.1.2-r1
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-misc/yq-4.1.2-r1
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..15} pypy3_11 )
DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
inherit pypi distutils-r1
DESCRIPTION="Command-line YAML processor - jq wrapper for YAML documents"
HOMEPAGE="
https://yq.readthedocs.io/
https://github.com/kislyuk/yq/
https://pypi.org/project/yq/
"
LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~x86"
IUSE="test +yq-symlink"
RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
RDEPEND="
app-misc/jq
>=dev-python/argcomplete-1.8.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/pyyaml-5.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
dev-python/xmltodict[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/tomlkit-0.11.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
yq-symlink? ( !app-misc/yq-go[yq-symlink] )
"
DEPEND="
${RDEPEND}
test? (
dev-python/wheel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
)
"
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}/yq-3.1.2-test.patch"
)
python_prepare_all() {
sed -e 's:unittest.main():unittest.main(verbosity=2):' \
-i test/test.py || die
distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
}
python_test() {
"${EPYTHON}" test/test.py </dev/null || die "tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
}
src_install() {
local yq_bin
distutils-r1_src_install
mv "${ED}/usr/bin/yq"{,-python} || die
for yq_bin in "${ED}"/usr/lib/python-exec/python*/yq "${ED}"/usr/lib/python-exec/pypy*/yq; do
if [[ -e "${yq_bin}" ]]; then
mv "${yq_bin}" "${yq_bin}-python" || die
fi
done
if use yq-symlink; then
dosym yq-python /usr/bin/yq
fi
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p app-misc/yq |
euse -E <flag> -p app-misc/yq |
euse -D <flag> -p app-misc/yq
app-misc/jq >=dev-python/argcomplete-1.8.1[] >=dev-python/pyyaml-5.3.1[] dev-python/xmltodict[] >=dev-python/tomlkit-0.11.6[] yq-symlink? ( !app-misc/yq-go[yq-symlink] ) test? ( dev-python/wheel[] )
app-misc/jq >=dev-python/argcomplete-1.8.1[] >=dev-python/pyyaml-5.3.1[] dev-python/xmltodict[] >=dev-python/tomlkit-0.11.6[] yq-symlink? ( !app-misc/yq-go[yq-symlink] )