Install this version:
emerge -a =www-client/helium-bin-0.16.2.1
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =www-client/helium-bin-0.16.2.1
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =www-client/helium-bin-0.16.2.1
# Copyright 2025-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
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 xdg
DESCRIPTION="Private, fast, and honest web browser based on Chromium"
HOMEPAGE="https://helium.computer/"
MY_PN="helium"
MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
if [[ ${ARCH} == amd64 ]] ; then
ARCH_TXT="x86_64"
elif [[ ${ARCH} == arm64 ]] ; then
ARCH_TXT="${ARCH}"
fi
BASE_SRC_URI="https://github.com/imputnet/${MY_PN}-linux/releases/download/${PV}"
SRC_URI="
amd64? ( ${BASE_SRC_URI}/${MY_P}-x86_64_linux.tar.xz -> ${P}-amd64.tar.xz )
arm64? ( ${BASE_SRC_URI}/${MY_P}-arm64_linux.tar.xz -> ${P}-arm64.tar.xz )
"
S=${WORKDIR}
LICENSE="GPL-3 BSD"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64 ~arm64"
IUSE="qt6 selinux"
RESTRICT="bindist mirror strip"
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/mesa[gbm(+)]
net-misc/curl
net-print/cups
sys-apps/dbus
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 )
"
QA_PREBUILT="*"
pkg_setup() {
chromium_suid_sandbox_check_kernel_config
}
# Skip unpack, we're doing it during install
src_unpack() {
:
}
src_install() {
dodir "opt" || die
cd "${ED}/opt/" || die
# Not possible to unpack to target folder, so: unpack, then mv
unpack "${P}-${ARCH}.tar.xz"
mv ${MY_P}-${ARCH_TXT}_linux ${MY_PN} || die
cd "${MY_PN}" || die
pushd "locales" > /dev/null || die
# Remove empty .info files
rm *.info || die
chromium_remove_language_paks
popd > /dev/null || die
rm "libqt5_shim.so" || die
if ! use qt6; then
rm "libqt6_shim.so" || die
fi
newicon -s 256 "product_logo_256.png" ${MY_PN}.png
domenu "${FILESDIR}/${MY_PN}.desktop"
dobin "${FILESDIR}/${MY_PN}"
pax-mark m "${MY_PN}"
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p www-client/helium-bin |
euse -E <flag> -p www-client/helium-bin |
euse -D <flag> -p www-client/helium-bin
>=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/mesa[gbm(+)] net-misc/curl net-print/cups sys-apps/dbus 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 )
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | helium-bin-0.16.2.1-amd64.tar.xz | 126265860 bytes | https://github.com/imputnet/helium-linux/releases/download/0.16.2.1/helium-0.16.2.1-x86_64_linux.tar.xz |
| DIST | helium-bin-0.16.2.1-arm64.tar.xz | 120204332 bytes | https://github.com/imputnet/helium-linux/releases/download/0.16.2.1/helium-0.16.2.1-arm64_linux.tar.xz |