Install this version:
emerge -a =app-admin/monit-9999
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-admin/monit-9999
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-admin/monit-9999
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 git-r3 pam systemd
DESCRIPTION="Monitoring and managing daemons or similar programs running on a Unix system"
HOMEPAGE="https://mmonit.com/monit/"
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit.git"
LICENSE="AGPL-3"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
IUSE="pam ssl"
RDEPEND="virtual/zlib:=
virtual/libcrypt:=
pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
BDEPEND="
app-alternatives/yacc
app-alternatives/lex
"
PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/monit_404.patch" )
src_prepare() {
default
./bootstrap
sed -i -e '/^INSTALL_PROG/s/-s//' Makefile.in || die
}
src_configure() {
local myeconfargs=(
$(use_with pam)
$(use_with ssl)
--enable-optimized
)
econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
}
src_install() {
default
insinto /etc/logrotate.d
newins "${FILESDIR}"/monit.logrotate monit
insinto /etc; insopts -m600; doins monitrc
newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/monit.initd-5.0-r1 monit
systemd_dounit system/startup/${PN}.service
use pam && newpamd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.pamd ${PN}
dobashcomp system/bash/monit
}
pkg_postinst() {
elog "Sample configurations are available at:"
elog "https://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/"
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p app-admin/monit |
euse -E <flag> -p app-admin/monit |
euse -D <flag> -p app-admin/monit
virtual/zlib:= virtual/libcrypt:= pam? ( sys-libs/pam ) ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
virtual/zlib:= virtual/libcrypt:= pam? ( sys-libs/pam ) ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
app-alternatives/yacc app-alternatives/lex