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Install this package:

emerge -a media-libs/allegro

If the package is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:

autounmask media-libs/allegro

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a media-libs/allegro

Package Information

Description:
Allegro is a game programming library for C/C++ developers distributed freely, supporting the following platforms: DOS, Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Irix, Solaris, Darwin), Windows, QNX, BeOS and MacOS X. It provides many functions for graphics, sounds, player input (keyboard, mouse and joystick) and timers. It also provides fixed and floating point mathematical functions, 3d functions, file management functions, compressed datafile and a GUI.
Homepage:
https://liballeg.org/
License:
Allegro MIT GPL-2+ ZLIB

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
5.2.10.1 8 ~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86 5
4.4.3.1-r1 8 amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 0

Metadata

Description

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>games@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Gentoo Games Project</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription>
  Allegro is a game programming library for C/C++ developers distributed
  freely, supporting the following platforms: DOS, Unix (Linux, FreeBSD,
  Irix, Solaris, Darwin), Windows, QNX, BeOS and MacOS X. It provides many
  functions for graphics, sounds, player input (keyboard, mouse and joystick)
  and timers. It also provides fixed and floating point mathematical
  functions, 3d functions, file management functions, compressed datafile
  and a GUI.
  </longdescription>
	<use>
		<flag name="dumb">Enable <pkg>media-libs/dumb</pkg> module library support</flag>
		<flag name="physfs">Enable physfs support</flag>
		<flag name="vga">Enables the VGA graphics driver</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">liballeg/allegro5</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="sourceforge">alleg</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p media-libs/allegro | euse -E <flag> -p media-libs/allegro | euse -D <flag> -p media-libs/allegro

Flag Description 5.2.10.1 4.4.3.1-r1
X Add support for X11 ✓ ✓
alsa Add support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) ✓ ✓
doc Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally ✗ ✓
dumb Enable <pkg>media-libs/dumb</pkg> module library support ✓ ✗
fbcon Add framebuffer support for the console, via the kernel ✗ ✓
flac Add support for FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec ✓ ✗
gtk Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit) ✓ ✗
jack Add support for the JACK Audio Connection Kit ✗ ✓
jpeg Add JPEG image support ✓ ✓
openal Add support for the Open Audio Library ✓ ✗
opengl Add support for OpenGL (3D graphics) ✓ ✓
opus Enable Opus audio codec support ✓ ✗
oss Add support for OSS (Open Sound System) ✓ ✓
physfs Enable physfs support ✓ ✗
png Add support for libpng (PNG images) ✓ ✓
pulseaudio Add sound server support via media-libs/libpulse (may be PulseAudio or PipeWire) ✓ ✗
svga Add support for SVGAlib (graphics library) ✗ ✓
test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently) ✓ ✗
truetype Add support for FreeType and/or FreeType2 fonts ✓ ✗
vga Enables the VGA graphics driver ✗ ✓
vorbis Add support for the OggVorbis audio codec ✓ ✓
webp Add support for the WebP image format ✓ ✗
xinerama Add support for querying multi-monitor screen geometry through the Xinerama API ✓ ✗

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST allegro-5.2.10.1.tar.gz 9858581 bytes 5.2.10.1
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DIST allegro-4.4.3.1.tar.gz 4663634 bytes