Reason: Increasingly challenging to maintain with increased release cadence, upstream toolchain changes, and conflicts between trying to provide a consistent experience for Gentoo users (avoiding bundled where possible) vs. getting updates out in a timely manner. Many unfixed vulnerabilities. Keeping it in ::gentoo isn't a matter of just supplying an updated ebuild, but a commitment to keeping it up to date and finding a compromise between users' expectations (like various USE flags & not forcing all bundled components) and maintainability. Still supported packages include: www-client/google-chrome variants Other chromium-based browsers: www-client/microsoft-edge www-client/opera www-client/vivaldi qtwebengine-based browsers (uses chromium's engine): kde-apps/konqueror www-client/falkon www-client/qutebrowser Other browsers: www-client/firefox and www-client/firefox-bin www-client/seamonkey Removal on 2026-10-24. Bug #982204.
Masked by Sam James on 2026-09-24
Install this package:
emerge -a www-client/chromium| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151.0.7922.169 | 8 | amd64 arm64 | stable |
| 151.0.7922.137 | 8 | ~amd64 ~arm64 | stable |
| 151.0.7922.108 | 8 | ~amd64 arm64 ~ppc64 | stable |
| 151.0.7872.0 | 8 | unstable | |
| 150.0.7871.186 | 8 | ~amd64 ~arm64 | stable |
| 150.0.7871.181 | 8 | ~amd64 arm64 | stable |
| 150.0.7871.13 | 8 | ~amd64 ~arm64 | beta |
| 150.0.7871.128 | 8 | amd64 arm64 | stable |
<pkgmetadata> <maintainer type="person"> <email>kangie@gentoo.org</email> <name>Matt Jolly</name> </maintainer> <maintainer type="person" proxied="yes"> <email>emi@genchu.org</email> <name>Emi</name> </maintainer> <maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy"> <email>chromium@gentoo.org</email> <name>Chromium in Gentoo Project</name> </maintainer> <use> <flag name="bundled-toolchain">Download and use the upstream binary toolchain(s) to build Chromium</flag> <flag name="debug">Enable DCHECK feature with severity configurable at runtime. Mostly intended for debugging and development, NOT RECOMMENDED for general use.</flag> <flag name="ffmpeg-chromium">(binpkg only) Use Chromium FFmpeg fork (<pkg>media-video/ffmpeg-chromium</pkg>) rather than mainline FFmpeg (<pkg>media-video/ffmpeg</pkg>)</flag> <flag name="gtk4">Build with GTK4 headers.</flag> <flag name="hangouts">Enable support for Google Hangouts features such as screen sharing</flag> <flag name="headless">Build Ozone only with headless backend, NOT RECOMMENDED for general use.</flag> <flag name="official">Enable Official build instead of Developer build.</flag> <flag name="pax-kernel">Allow building on a PaX-enabled kernel</flag> <flag name="pgo">Build with Profile Guided Optimizations (2-stage compilation)</flag> <flag name="proprietary-codecs">Enable codecs for patent-encumbered audio and video formats.</flag> <flag name="rar">Enable the Safe Browsing feature to inspect RAR files.</flag> <flag name="system-harfbuzz">Use system <pkg>media-libs/harfbuzz</pkg> instead of the bundled library.</flag> <flag name="system-icu">Use system <pkg>dev-libs/icu</pkg> instead of the bundled one</flag> <flag name="system-zstd">Use system <pkg>app-arch/zstd</pkg> instead of the bundled one.</flag> <flag name="widevine">Unsupported closed-source DRM capability (required by Netflix VOD)</flag> </use> <upstream> <remote-id type="github">chromium/chromium</remote-id> <remote-id type="gitlab">Matt.Jolly/chromium-patches</remote-id> </upstream> </pkgmetadata>
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p www-client/chromium |
euse -E <flag> -p www-client/chromium |
euse -D <flag> -p www-client/chromium
| Flag | Description | 151.0.7922.169 | 151.0.7922.137 | 151.0.7922.108 | 151.0.7872.0 | 150.0.7871.186 | 150.0.7871.181 | 150.0.7871.13 | 150.0.7871.128 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | Add support for X11 | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| bindist | Flag to enable or disable options for prebuilt (GRP) packages (eg. due to licensing issues) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| bundled-toolchain | Download and use the upstream binary toolchain(s) to build Chromium | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| cpu_flags_ppc_vsx3 | Use the Vector Scalar Extension v.3 instruction set (POWER9 and later) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| cups | Add support for CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| debug | Enable DCHECK feature with severity configurable at runtime. Mostly intended for debugging and development, NOT RECOMMENDED for general use. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ffmpeg-chromium | (binpkg only) Use Chromium FFmpeg fork (<pkg>media-video/ffmpeg-chromium</pkg>) rather than mainline FFmpeg (<pkg>media-video/ffmpeg</pkg>) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| gtk4 | Build with GTK4 headers. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| hangouts | Enable support for Google Hangouts features such as screen sharing | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| headless | Build Ozone only with headless backend, NOT RECOMMENDED for general use. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| kerberos | Add kerberos support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| official | Enable Official build instead of Developer build. | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| pax-kernel | Allow building on a PaX-enabled kernel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| pgo | Build with Profile Guided Optimizations (2-stage compilation) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| proprietary-codecs | Enable codecs for patent-encumbered audio and video formats. | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| pulseaudio | Add sound server support via media-libs/libpulse (may be PulseAudio or PipeWire) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| qt6 | Add support for the Qt 6 application and UI framework | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| rar | Enable the Safe Browsing feature to inspect RAR files. | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| screencast | Enable support for remote desktop and screen cast using PipeWire | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| selinux | !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| system-harfbuzz | Use system <pkg>media-libs/harfbuzz</pkg> instead of the bundled library. | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| system-icu | Use system <pkg>dev-libs/icu</pkg> instead of the bundled one | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| system-zstd | Use system <pkg>app-arch/zstd</pkg> instead of the bundled one. | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| test | Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| vaapi | Enable Video Acceleration API for hardware decoding | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| wayland | Enable dev-libs/wayland backend | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| widevine | Unsupported closed-source DRM capability (required by Netflix VOD) | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| Type | File | Size |
|---|---|---|
| DIST | chromium-rust-toolchain-4c4205163a-5-llvmorg-23-init-10931-g20b6ec66.tar.xz | 274476304 bytes |
| DIST | chromium-rust-toolchain-b998449636-2-llvmorg-23-init-19482-g53d18800.tar.xz | 274790504 bytes |