Install this version:
emerge -a =www-client/helium-browser-0.13.4.1
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =www-client/helium-browser-0.13.4.1
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =www-client/helium-browser-0.13.4.1
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.13.4.1 | 8 | -* ~amd64 | 0 |
# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License
EAPI=8
CHROMIUM_LANGS="af am ar bg bn ca cs da de el en-GB en-US es-419 es
et fa fi fil fr gu he hi hr hu id it ja kn ko lt lv ml mr ms nb nl
pl pt-BR pt-PT ro ru sk sl sr sv sw ta te th tr uk ur vi zh-CN zh-TW"
inherit chromium-2 desktop pax-utils wrapper xdg
DESCRIPTION="Private, fast, and honest web browser based on Chromium"
HOMEPAGE="https://helium.computer/ https://github.com/imputnet/helium-linux"
MY_PN="helium"
MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
BASE_SRC_URI="https://github.com/imputnet/${MY_PN}-linux/releases/download/${PV}"
SRC_URI="${BASE_SRC_URI}/${MY_P}-x86_64_linux.tar.xz -> ${P}.tar.xz"
S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}-x86_64_linux"
LICENSE="GPL-3 BSD"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64"
IUSE="qt6 selinux wayland"
RESTRICT="bindist mirror strip test"
RDEPEND="
>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2
app-misc/ca-certificates
dev-libs/expat
dev-libs/glib:2
dev-libs/nspr
>=dev-libs/nss-3.26
media-fonts/liberation-fonts
media-libs/alsa-lib
media-libs/libva
media-libs/mesa[gbm(+)]
net-misc/curl
net-print/cups
sys-apps/dbus
elibc_glibc? ( sys-libs/glibc )
sys-libs/libcap
x11-libs/cairo
x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
|| (
x11-libs/gtk+:3[X]
gui-libs/gtk:4[X]
)
x11-libs/libdrm
>=x11-libs/libX11-1.5.0
x11-libs/libXcomposite
x11-libs/libXdamage
x11-libs/libXext
x11-libs/libXfixes
x11-libs/libXrandr
x11-libs/libxcb
x11-libs/libxkbcommon
x11-libs/libxshmfence
x11-libs/pango
x11-misc/xdg-utils
qt6? ( dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,widgets] )
selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-chromium )
wayland? ( media-video/pipewire )
"
QA_PREBUILT="*"
pkg_setup() {
chromium_suid_sandbox_check_kernel_config
}
src_prepare() {
default
pushd locales > /dev/null || die
rm -f *.info || die
chromium_remove_language_paks
popd > /dev/null || die
rm -f libqt5_shim.so || die
if ! use qt6; then
rm -f libqt6_shim.so || die
fi
if [[ -f helium-wrapper ]]; then
sed -i -E "s|/opt/[^/]*/|/opt/${PN}/|g" helium-wrapper || die
fi
sed -i \
-e "s|^Exec=.*|Exec=/usr/bin/${PN} %U|" \
-e "s|^Icon=.*|Icon=helium|" \
helium.desktop || die
}
src_install() {
local destdir="/opt/${PN}"
dodir "${destdir}"
cp -pPR * "${ED}/${destdir}/" || die
newicon -s 256 product_logo_256.png helium.png
newmenu helium.desktop helium.desktop
if [[ -f "${ED}/${destdir}/helium-wrapper" ]]; then
make_wrapper "${PN}" "./helium-wrapper" "${destdir}"
else
make_wrapper "${PN}" "./helium" "${destdir}"
fi
pax-mark m "${ED}/${destdir}/${MY_PN}"
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p www-client/helium-browser |
euse -E <flag> -p www-client/helium-browser |
euse -D <flag> -p www-client/helium-browser
>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2 app-misc/ca-certificates dev-libs/expat dev-libs/glib:2 dev-libs/nspr >=dev-libs/nss-3.26 media-fonts/liberation-fonts media-libs/alsa-lib media-libs/libva media-libs/mesa[gbm(+)] net-misc/curl net-print/cups sys-apps/dbus elibc_glibc? ( sys-libs/glibc ) sys-libs/libcap x11-libs/cairo x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 || ( x11-libs/gtk+:3[X] gui-libs/gtk:4[X] ) x11-libs/libdrm >=x11-libs/libX11-1.5.0 x11-libs/libXcomposite x11-libs/libXdamage x11-libs/libXext x11-libs/libXfixes x11-libs/libXrandr x11-libs/libxcb x11-libs/libxkbcommon x11-libs/libxshmfence x11-libs/pango x11-misc/xdg-utils qt6? ( dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,widgets] ) selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-chromium ) wayland? ( media-video/pipewire )