Install this version:
emerge -a =net-im/signal-cli-bin-0.14.8
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =net-im/signal-cli-bin-0.14.8
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =net-im/signal-cli-bin-0.14.8
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.14.8 | 8 | ~amd64 | 0 |
# Copyright 2021-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
MY_P="signal-cli-${PV}"
DESCRIPTION="Send and receive messages of Signal Messenger over a command line interface"
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli"
SRC_URI="
https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases/download/v${PV}/${MY_P}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/raw/v${PV}/README.md -> ${P}.README.md
"
S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
LICENSE="GPL-3"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64"
DEPEND="
virtual/jre:25
"
RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.14.1-use-working-java-version.patch"
)
src_install() {
dodir /opt/signal-cli/{lib,bin}
insinto /opt/signal-cli
doins -r lib
into /opt/signal-cli
dobin bin/signal-cli
dosym -r /opt/signal-cli/bin/signal-cli /usr/bin/signal-cli
newdoc "${DISTDIR}/${P}.README.md" README.md
gunzip -r man/ || die
doman man/*/*
}
pkg_postinst() {
elog "Please read the README in /usr/share/doc/${PF}/"
elog "re: how to register signal-cli with the signal service and"
elog "how to send and receive messages"
}
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | signal-cli-bin-0.14.8.README.md | 7378 bytes | https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/raw/v0.14.8/README.md |
| DIST | signal-cli-bin-0.14.8.gh.tar.gz | 125387917 bytes | https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases/download/v0.14.8/signal-cli-0.14.8.tar.gz |