Install this version:
emerge -a =gui-apps/noctalia-9999
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =gui-apps/noctalia-9999
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =gui-apps/noctalia-9999
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9999 | 8 | 0 |
# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit meson optfeature git-r3 xdg
DESCRIPTION="A lightweight Wayland shell and bar built directly on Wayland + OpenGL ES"
HOMEPAGE="https://noctalia.dev/ https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia"
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia.git"
LICENSE="MIT"
SLOT="0"
IUSE="+jemalloc"
DEPEND="
dev-cpp/nlohmann_json
dev-cpp/sdbus-c++
dev-cpp/tomlplusplus
dev-libs/glib:2
jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc:= )
dev-libs/libxml2
dev-libs/md4c
dev-libs/stb
dev-libs/wayland
gnome-base/librsvg:2
media-libs/fontconfig
media-libs/freetype
media-libs/libwebp
media-libs/mesa
media-video/pipewire
media-video/wireplumber
net-misc/curl
sci-libs/libqalculate
sys-auth/polkit
sys-libs/pam
virtual/opengl
x11-libs/cairo[glib]
x11-libs/libxkbcommon
x11-libs/pango
"
RDEPEND="
${DEPEND}
dev-vcs/git
"
BDEPEND="
dev-libs/wayland
dev-libs/wayland-protocols
dev-util/wayland-scanner
"
DOCS=( {README,CREDITS}.md example.toml )
src_configure() {
local emesonargs=(
$(meson_feature jemalloc)
)
meson_src_configure
}
pkg_postinst() {
xdg_pkg_postinst
optfeature "external display brightness control" app-misc/ddcutil
optfeature "hardware-accelerated screen recording" media-video/gpu-screen-recorder
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p gui-apps/noctalia |
euse -E <flag> -p gui-apps/noctalia |
euse -D <flag> -p gui-apps/noctalia
dev-cpp/nlohmann_json dev-cpp/sdbus-c++ dev-cpp/tomlplusplus dev-libs/glib:2 jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc:= ) dev-libs/libxml2 dev-libs/md4c dev-libs/stb dev-libs/wayland gnome-base/librsvg:2 media-libs/fontconfig media-libs/freetype media-libs/libwebp media-libs/mesa media-video/pipewire media-video/wireplumber net-misc/curl sci-libs/libqalculate sys-auth/polkit sys-libs/pam virtual/opengl x11-libs/cairo[glib] x11-libs/libxkbcommon x11-libs/pango
dev-cpp/nlohmann_json dev-cpp/sdbus-c++ dev-cpp/tomlplusplus dev-libs/glib:2 jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc:= ) dev-libs/libxml2 dev-libs/md4c dev-libs/stb dev-libs/wayland gnome-base/librsvg:2 media-libs/fontconfig media-libs/freetype media-libs/libwebp media-libs/mesa media-video/pipewire media-video/wireplumber net-misc/curl sci-libs/libqalculate sys-auth/polkit sys-libs/pam virtual/opengl x11-libs/cairo[glib] x11-libs/libxkbcommon x11-libs/pango dev-vcs/git
dev-libs/wayland dev-libs/wayland-protocols dev-util/wayland-scanner