Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-lang/rakudo-2026.08
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-lang/rakudo-2026.08
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-lang/rakudo-2026.08
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit java-pkg-opt-2
DESCRIPTION="A compiler for the Raku programming language"
HOMEPAGE="https://rakudo.org"
if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/rakudo/${PN}.git"
inherit git-r3
else
SRC_URI="https://rakudo.org/dl/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
fi
LICENSE="Artistic-2"
SLOT="0"
# TODO: add USE="javascript" once that's usable in nqp
IUSE="clang java +moar test"
RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
REQUIRED_USE="|| ( java moar )"
CDEPEND="~dev-lang/nqp-${PV}:${SLOT}=[java?,moar?,clang=]"
RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
java? ( >=virtual/jre-1.9 )"
DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
clang? ( llvm-core/clang )
java? ( >=virtual/jdk-1.9 )
>=dev-lang/perl-5.10"
pkg_pretend() {
if has_version dev-lang/rakudo; then
ewarn "Rakudo is known to fail compilation/installation with Rakudo"
ewarn "already being installed. So if it fails, try unmerging dev-lang/rakudo,"
ewarn "then do a new installation."
ewarn "(see Bug #584394)"
fi
}
src_configure() {
local backends
use moar && backends+="moar,"
use java && backends+="jvm"
local myargs=(
"--prefix=/usr"
"--sysroot=/"
"--sdkroot=/"
"--backends=${backends}"
)
perl Configure.pl "${myargs[@]}" || die
if use java; then
NQP=$(java-pkg_getjars --with-dependencies nqp)
fi
}
src_compile() {
emake NQP_JARS="${NQP}" BLD_NQP_JARS="${NQP}"
}
src_install() {
emake DESTDIR="${D}" NQP_JARS="${NQP}" BLD_NQP_JARS="${NQP}" install
}
src_test() {
RAKUDO_PRECOMP_PREFIX=$(mktemp -d) default
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p dev-lang/rakudo |
euse -E <flag> -p dev-lang/rakudo |
euse -D <flag> -p dev-lang/rakudo
~dev-lang/nqp-2026.08:0=[java?,moar?,clang=] clang? ( llvm-core/clang ) java? ( >=virtual/jdk-1.9 ) >=dev-lang/perl-5.10
~dev-lang/nqp-2026.08:0=[java?,moar?,clang=] java? ( >=virtual/jre-1.9 )
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | rakudo-2026.08.tar.gz | 8642637 bytes | https://rakudo.org/dl/rakudo/rakudo-2026.08.tar.gz |