Install this version:
emerge -a =media-libs/libva-9999
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =media-libs/libva-9999
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =media-libs/libva-9999
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit meson-multilib optfeature
DESCRIPTION="Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux"
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/intel/libva"
if [[ ${PV} = *9999 ]] ; then
inherit git-r3
EGIT_BRANCH=master
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/intel/libva"
else
SRC_URI="https://github.com/intel/libva/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
fi
LICENSE="MIT"
SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1)"
IUSE="wayland X glx"
RDEPEND="
>=x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.60[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
wayland? (
>=dev-libs/wayland-1.11[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
)
X? (
>=x11-libs/libX11-1.6.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
>=x11-libs/libXext-1.3.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
>=x11-libs/libXfixes-5.0.1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
x11-libs/libxcb:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
)
"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
BDEPEND="
wayland? ( dev-util/wayland-scanner )
virtual/pkgconfig
"
MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
/usr/include/va/va_x11.h
/usr/include/va/va_dri2.h
/usr/include/va/va_dricommon.h
)
multilib_src_configure() {
local emesonargs=(
-Ddriverdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/va/drivers"
-Ddisable_drm=false
-Dwith_x11=$(usex X)
-Dwith_glx=$(usex glx)
-Dwith_wayland=$(usex wayland)
-Denable_docs=false
)
meson_src_configure
}
pkg_postinst() {
optfeature_header
optfeature "Older Intel GPU support up to Gen8" media-libs/libva-intel-driver
optfeature "Newer Intel GPU support from Gen9+" media-libs/libva-intel-media-driver
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p media-libs/libva |
euse -E <flag> -p media-libs/libva |
euse -D <flag> -p media-libs/libva
>=x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.60[] wayland? ( >=dev-libs/wayland-1.11[] ) X? ( >=x11-libs/libX11-1.6.2[] >=x11-libs/libXext-1.3.2[] >=x11-libs/libXfixes-5.0.1[] x11-libs/libxcb:=[] )
>=x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.60[] wayland? ( >=dev-libs/wayland-1.11[] ) X? ( >=x11-libs/libX11-1.6.2[] >=x11-libs/libXext-1.3.2[] >=x11-libs/libXfixes-5.0.1[] x11-libs/libxcb:=[] )
wayland? ( dev-util/wayland-scanner ) virtual/pkgconfig