Install this version:
emerge -a =app-misc/cmatrix-9999
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-misc/cmatrix-9999
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-misc/cmatrix-9999
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
FONT_SUFFIX="pcf"
inherit cmake font
DESCRIPTION="An ncurses based app to show a scrolling screen from the Matrix"
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix"
if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
inherit git-r3
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix.git"
else
SRC_URI="https://github.com/abishekvashok/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
fi
LICENSE="GPL-3+"
SLOT="0"
# CMakeLists.txt forces CURSES_NEED_WIDE, so ncursesw is always required.
DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:=[unicode(+)]"
RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
# These patches are not tied to a version, so this ebuild can be copied to a
# future release (e.g. cmatrix-2.1.ebuild) as-is. When doing so, drop every
# patch whose upstream PR has been merged, and the cmake 4 sed once
# CMakeLists.txt requires >= 3.5.
PATCHES=(
# Ours, pending upstream.
# https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/pull/217 (issue #215)
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-cmake-ncursesw-header.patch
# https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/pull/218 (issue #216)
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-cmake-font-install.patch
# https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/pull/219 (issue #108)
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-cmake-resize.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-tty-fd-leak.patch
# https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/pull/220 (issue #174)
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-term-unset-segfault.patch
# https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/pull/221
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-init-and-small-term.patch
# Others', pending upstream.
# https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/pull/192
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-c_die-exit-status.patch
# -c: draw the head character with addwstr() too (issues #202, #206).
# cmatrix.c part only; its configure.ac change doesn't affect cmake.
# https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/pull/213
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-kana-head-addwstr.patch
)
src_prepare() {
# cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) is rejected by cmake 4.
# https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix/pull/201
sed -i 's/cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)/cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)/' \
CMakeLists.txt || die
cmake_src_prepare
}
src_configure() {
local mycmakeargs=(
-DCMATRIX_CONSOLE_FONTS_DIRS=share/consolefonts
# The X font is installed via font.eclass instead.
-DCMATRIX_X_FONTS_DIRS=
)
cmake_src_configure
}
src_install() {
cmake_src_install
use X && font_src_install
}
pkg_postinst() {
use X && font_pkg_postinst
}
pkg_postrm() {
use X && font_pkg_postrm
}