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Notice: This package is in a virtual group: virtual/notification-daemon
Equivalents: gnome-extra/cinnamon, gui-apps/mako, kde-plasma/plasma-workspace, lxqt-base/lxqt-notificationd, net-misc/eventd, x11-misc/dunst, x11-misc/mate-notification-daemon, x11-misc/notification-daemon, x11-misc/notify-osd, x11-wm/awesome, x11-wm/enlightenment, xfce-extra/xfce4-notifyd

Install

Install this package:

emerge -a gnome-base/gnome-shell

Package Information

Description:
GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.
Homepage:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell
License:
GPL-2+ LGPL-2+

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
50.5 8 ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86 0
49.9 8 ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86 0
49.7 8 amd64 ~arm arm64 ~riscv x86 0
48.8 8 amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv x86 0

Metadata

Description

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>gnome@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo GNOME Desktop</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription>
    GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3
    desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications.
    GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics
    hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to
    provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.
  </longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="pipewire">Use pipewire to enable the camera monitor</flag>
		<flag name="elogind">Use <pkg>sys-auth/elogind</pkg> for session tracking and suspend support.</flag>
		<flag name="ibus">Enable support for enhanced input methods through <pkg>app-i18n/ibus</pkg></flag>
		<flag name="xwayland">Enable <pkg>x11-base/xwayland</pkg> integration for running X11 applications under Wayland</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="gnome-gitlab">GNOME/gnome-shell</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p gnome-base/gnome-shell | euse -E <flag> -p gnome-base/gnome-shell | euse -D <flag> -p gnome-base/gnome-shell

Flag Description 50.5 49.9 49.7 48.8
X Add support for X11 ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
elogind Use <pkg>sys-auth/elogind</pkg> for session tracking and suspend support. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
gtk-doc Build and install gtk-doc based developer documentation for dev-util/devhelp, IDE and offline use ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ibus Enable support for enhanced input methods through <pkg>app-i18n/ibus</pkg> ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
networkmanager Enable net-misc/networkmanager support ⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
pipewire Use pipewire to enable the camera monitor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
selinux !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
systemd Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
wayland Enable dev-libs/wayland backend ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
xwayland Enable <pkg>x11-base/xwayland</pkg> integration for running X11 applications under Wayland ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
Unmatched Entries
Type File Size
DIST gnome-shell-48.8.tar.xz 2253148 bytes
DIST gnome-shell-49.7.tar.xz 2311204 bytes
DIST gnome-shell-49.9.tar.xz 2311756 bytes
DIST gnome-shell-50.5.tar.xz 2358800 bytes