Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-lang/vala-0.56.19
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-lang/vala-0.56.19
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-lang/vala-0.56.19
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.56.19 | 8 | ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 | 0.56 |
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit gnome2
DESCRIPTION="Compiler for the GObject type system"
HOMEPAGE="https://vala.dev"
LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
SLOT="0.56"
KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
IUSE="test valadoc"
RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
RDEPEND="
>=dev-libs/glib-2.48.0:2
>=dev-libs/vala-common-${PV}
valadoc? ( >=media-gfx/graphviz-2.16 )
"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2
test? (
dev-libs/dbus-glib
>=dev-libs/glib-2.26:2
)
"
BDEPEND="
dev-libs/libxslt
app-alternatives/lex
virtual/pkgconfig
app-alternatives/yacc
"
src_configure() {
# weasyprint enables generation of PDF from HTML
gnome2_src_configure \
--disable-unversioned \
$(use_enable valadoc) \
VALAC=: \
WEASYPRINT=:
}
src_install() {
default
find "${D}" -name "*.la" -delete || die
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p dev-lang/vala |
euse -E <flag> -p dev-lang/vala |
euse -D <flag> -p dev-lang/vala
>=dev-libs/glib-2.48.0:2 >=dev-libs/vala-common-0.56.19 valadoc? ( >=media-gfx/graphviz-2.16 ) >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2 test? ( dev-libs/dbus-glib >=dev-libs/glib-2.26:2 )
>=dev-libs/glib-2.48.0:2 >=dev-libs/vala-common-0.56.19 valadoc? ( >=media-gfx/graphviz-2.16 )
dev-libs/libxslt app-alternatives/lex virtual/pkgconfig app-alternatives/yacc