Install this version:
emerge -a =net-im/simplex-desktop-bin-6.4.11If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =net-im/simplex-desktop-bin-6.4.11Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =net-im/simplex-desktop-bin-6.4.11# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3
EAPI=8
inherit desktop unpacker xdg
DESCRIPTION="Private and secure open-source messenger - no user IDs (not even random numbers)"
HOMEPAGE="https://simplex.chat/"
UBUNTU_RELEASE="24.04"
SRC_URI="
amd64? (
https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v${PV}/${PN%-bin}-ubuntu-${UBUNTU_RELEASE//./_}-x86_64.deb -> ${P}-amd64.deb
)
arm64? (
https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v${PV}/${PN%-bin}-ubuntu-${UBUNTU_RELEASE//./_}-aarch64.deb -> ${P}-arm64.deb
)
"
S="${WORKDIR}"
LICENSE="AGPL-3"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="-* amd64 arm64"
RESTRICT="mirror"
QA_PREBUILT="*"
src_install() {
newicon opt/simplex/lib/simplex.png simplex-desktop.png
rm -f opt/simplex/lib/simplex-simplex.desktop opt/simplex/lib/simplex.png
domenu "${FILESDIR}/simplex-desktop.desktop"
insinto /opt
doins -r opt/simplex
fperms +x /opt/simplex/bin/simplex
dosym ../../opt/simplex/bin/simplex /usr/bin/simplex-desktop
}