Install this version:
emerge -a =media-gfx/darktable-5.6.0
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =media-gfx/darktable-5.6.0
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =media-gfx/darktable-5.6.0
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-4 )
: "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:=ReleaseWithAsserts}"
inherit cmake flag-o-matic lua-single toolchain-funcs xdg
DESCRIPTION="A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers"
HOMEPAGE="https://www.darktable.org/"
S="${WORKDIR}/${P/_/~}"
LICENSE="GPL-3 CC-BY-3.0"
SLOT="0"
if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
inherit git-r3
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/darktable-org/${PN}.git"
LANGS=" af ca cs da de el es fi fr gl he hu it ja nb nl pl pt-BR pt-PT ro ru sk sl sq sv th uk zh-CN zh-TW"
else
DOC_PV="4.6"
MY_PV="${PV/_/}"
MY_P="${P/_/.}"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/darktable-org/${PN}/releases/download/release-${MY_PV}/${MY_P}.tar.xz
doc? (
https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/${DOC_PV}/en/${PN}_user_manual.pdf -> ${PN}-usermanual-${DOC_PV}.en.pdf
l10n_uk? (
https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/${DOC_PV}/uk/${PN}_user_manual.pdf
-> ${PN}-usermanual-${DOC_PV}.uk.pdf
)
)"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 -x86"
# Keep synchronized with release po/: stale entries make locale pruning die.
# verified 2026-07-04
LANGS=" cs de es fi fr hu ja nb nl pl pt-BR ru sl sq sv uk zh-CN zh-TW"
fi
IUSE="X ai avif colord cpu_flags_x86_avx cpu_flags_x86_sse3 cups doc gamepad geolocation keyring gphoto2 graphicsmagick heif jpeg2k jpegxl kwallet lto lua midi opencl openmp openexr test tools wayland webp
${LANGS// / l10n_}"
REQUIRED_USE="lua? ( ${LUA_REQUIRED_USE} )"
RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
# Do not force gcc[graphite]: Clang is a valid alternative and common
# dependencies already pull it in. pkg_pretend validates the selected GCC.
BDEPEND="dev-util/intltool
sys-devel/gettext
virtual/pkgconfig
test? ( >=dev-python/jsonschema-3.2.0 )"
DEPEND="dev-db/sqlite:3
dev-libs/icu:=
dev-libs/json-glib
dev-libs/libxml2:2=
>=dev-libs/pugixml-1.8:=
gnome-base/librsvg:2
>=media-gfx/exiv2-0.25-r2:=[xmp]
media-gfx/potrace
media-libs/lcms:2
>=media-libs/lensfun-0.2.3:=
media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:=
media-libs/libpng:=
media-libs/tiff:=
net-misc/curl
virtual/zlib:=
x11-libs/cairo
>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.22:3[X?,wayland?]
x11-libs/pango
ai? (
app-arch/libarchive
sci-libs/onnxruntime
)
avif? ( >=media-libs/libavif-0.8.2:= )
colord? ( x11-libs/colord-gtk:= )
cups? ( net-print/cups )
gamepad? ( media-libs/libsdl2 )
geolocation? ( >=sci-geosciences/osm-gps-map-1.1.0 )
keyring? ( >=app-crypt/libsecret-0.18 )
gphoto2? ( media-libs/libgphoto2:= )
graphicsmagick? ( media-gfx/graphicsmagick )
heif? ( media-libs/libheif:= )
jpeg2k? ( media-libs/openjpeg:2= )
jpegxl? ( media-libs/libjxl:= )
lua? ( ${LUA_DEPS} )
midi? ( media-libs/portmidi )
opencl? ( virtual/opencl )
openexr? ( media-libs/openexr:= )
webp? ( media-libs/libwebp:= )"
RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
kwallet? ( >=kde-frameworks/kwallet-5.34.0-r1:* )"
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.4.0_jsonschema-automagic.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.4.1_libxcf-cmake.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.2.1_cmake-musl.patch
"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-5.0.1-no-Werror.patch"
)
pkg_pretend() {
if [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]]; then
# Gentoo bug 695658.
if tc-is-gcc; then
if ! test-flags-CC -floop-block &> /dev/null; then
eerror "Building ${PN} with GCC requires Graphite support."
eerror "Please switch to a version of sys-devel/gcc built with USE=graphite, or use a different compiler."
die "Selected compiler is sys-devel/gcc[-graphite]"
fi
fi
use openmp && tc-check-openmp
fi
}
pkg_setup() {
[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
use lua && lua-single_pkg_setup
}
src_prepare() {
use cpu_flags_x86_avx && append-flags -mavx
use cpu_flags_x86_sse3 && append-flags -msse3
use X || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_X11
use wayland || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_WAYLAND
cmake_src_prepare
}
src_configure() {
local mycmakeargs=(
-DBUILD_CURVE_TOOLS=$(usex tools)
-DBUILD_NOISE_TOOLS=$(usex tools)
-DBUILD_PRINT=$(usex cups)
# Preserve user flags and architecture (Gentoo bug 946892).
-DCUSTOM_CFLAGS=ON
-DRAWSPEED_MARCH=
-DDONT_USE_INTERNAL_LUA=ON
-DRAWSPEED_ENABLE_LTO=$(usex lto)
-DRAWSPEED_ENABLE_WERROR=OFF
-DRAWSPEED_MUSL_SYSTEM=$(usex elibc_musl)
-DTESTBUILD_OPENCL_PROGRAMS=OFF
-DUSE_AI=$(usex ai)
-DUSE_AVIF=$(usex avif)
-DUSE_CAMERA_SUPPORT=$(usex gphoto2)
-DUSE_COLORD=$(usex colord)
-DUSE_GMIC=OFF
-DUSE_GRAPHICSMAGICK=$(usex graphicsmagick)
-DUSE_HEIF=$(usex heif)
-DUSE_JXL=$(usex jpegxl)
-DUSE_KWALLET=$(usex kwallet)
-DUSE_LIBSECRET=$(usex keyring)
-DUSE_LUA=$(usex lua)
-DUSE_MAP=$(usex geolocation)
-DUSE_OPENCL=$(usex opencl)
-DUSE_OPENEXR=$(usex openexr)
-DUSE_OPENJPEG=$(usex jpeg2k)
-DUSE_OPENMP=$(usex openmp)
-DUSE_PORTMIDI=$(usex midi)
-DUSE_SDL2=$(usex gamepad)
-DUSE_WEBP=$(usex webp)
-DWANT_JSON_VALIDATION=$(usex test)
)
# Prevent FindONNXRuntime from downloading a binary; use the system library.
use ai && mycmakeargs+=( -DONNXRUNTIME_OFFLINE=ON )
cmake_src_configure
}
src_install() {
cmake_src_install
if use doc; then
dodoc "${DISTDIR}"/${PN}-usermanual-${DOC_PV}.en.pdf
use l10n_uk && dodoc "${DISTDIR}"/${PN}-usermanual-${DOC_PV}.uk.pdf
fi
for lang in ${LANGS} ; do
if ! use l10n_${lang}; then
rm -r "${ED}"/usr/share/locale/${lang/-/_} || die
fi
done
}
pkg_postinst() {
xdg_pkg_postinst
if use ai; then
elog
elog "The AI subsystem (USE=ai) ships no models. Neural restore,"
elog "raw/image denoise, upscaling and the AI object-mask models are"
elog "downloaded on demand from within darktable (Preferences), from the"
elog "darktable-org/darktable-ai model repository. Inference runs on the"
elog "system sci-libs/onnxruntime."
fi
elog
elog "When updating a major version,"
elog "please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process,"
elog "but it will not be possible to downgrade any more."
elog
ewarn "It will not be possible to downgrade!"
ewarn
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p media-gfx/darktable |
euse -E <flag> -p media-gfx/darktable |
euse -D <flag> -p media-gfx/darktable
dev-db/sqlite:3 dev-libs/icu:= dev-libs/json-glib dev-libs/libxml2:2= >=dev-libs/pugixml-1.8:= gnome-base/librsvg:2 >=media-gfx/exiv2-0.25-r2:=[xmp] media-gfx/potrace media-libs/lcms:2 >=media-libs/lensfun-0.2.3:= media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:= media-libs/libpng:= media-libs/tiff:= net-misc/curl virtual/zlib:= x11-libs/cairo >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.22:3[X?,wayland?] x11-libs/pango ai? ( app-arch/libarchive sci-libs/onnxruntime ) avif? ( >=media-libs/libavif-0.8.2:= ) colord? ( x11-libs/colord-gtk:= ) cups? ( net-print/cups ) gamepad? ( media-libs/libsdl2 ) geolocation? ( >=sci-geosciences/osm-gps-map-1.1.0 ) keyring? ( >=app-crypt/libsecret-0.18 ) gphoto2? ( media-libs/libgphoto2:= ) graphicsmagick? ( media-gfx/graphicsmagick ) heif? ( media-libs/libheif:= ) jpeg2k? ( media-libs/openjpeg:2= ) jpegxl? ( media-libs/libjxl:= ) lua? ( ) midi? ( media-libs/portmidi ) opencl? ( virtual/opencl ) openexr? ( media-libs/openexr:= ) webp? ( media-libs/libwebp:= )
dev-db/sqlite:3 dev-libs/icu:= dev-libs/json-glib dev-libs/libxml2:2= >=dev-libs/pugixml-1.8:= gnome-base/librsvg:2 >=media-gfx/exiv2-0.25-r2:=[xmp] media-gfx/potrace media-libs/lcms:2 >=media-libs/lensfun-0.2.3:= media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:= media-libs/libpng:= media-libs/tiff:= net-misc/curl virtual/zlib:= x11-libs/cairo >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.22:3[X?,wayland?] x11-libs/pango ai? ( app-arch/libarchive sci-libs/onnxruntime ) avif? ( >=media-libs/libavif-0.8.2:= ) colord? ( x11-libs/colord-gtk:= ) cups? ( net-print/cups ) gamepad? ( media-libs/libsdl2 ) geolocation? ( >=sci-geosciences/osm-gps-map-1.1.0 ) keyring? ( >=app-crypt/libsecret-0.18 ) gphoto2? ( media-libs/libgphoto2:= ) graphicsmagick? ( media-gfx/graphicsmagick ) heif? ( media-libs/libheif:= ) jpeg2k? ( media-libs/openjpeg:2= ) jpegxl? ( media-libs/libjxl:= ) lua? ( ) midi? ( media-libs/portmidi ) opencl? ( virtual/opencl ) openexr? ( media-libs/openexr:= ) webp? ( media-libs/libwebp:= ) kwallet? ( >=kde-frameworks/kwallet-5.34.0-r1:* )
dev-util/intltool sys-devel/gettext virtual/pkgconfig test? ( >=dev-python/jsonschema-3.2.0 )
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | darktable-5.6.0.tar.xz | 8179036 bytes | https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/download/release-5.6.0/darktable-5.6.0.tar.xz |
| DIST | darktable-usermanual-4.6.en.pdf | 26849819 bytes | https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/4.6/en/darktable_user_manual.pdf |
| DIST | darktable-usermanual-4.6.uk.pdf | 27019385 bytes | https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/4.6/uk/darktable_user_manual.pdf |