Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-php/pecl-ssh2-1.5.0
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-php/pecl-ssh2-1.5.0
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-php/pecl-ssh2-1.5.0
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI="8"
PHP_EXT_NAME="ssh2"
USE_PHP="php8-2 php8-3 php8-4 php8-5"
inherit php-ext-pecl-r3
DESCRIPTION="PHP bindings for the libssh2 library"
HOMEPAGE="https://pecl.php.net/package/ssh2"
LICENSE="PHP-3.01"
SLOT="7"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
# Upstream notes say there are errors with gcrypt backend
DEPEND=">=net-libs/libssh2-1.2[-gcrypt]"
RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"