Install this version:
emerge -a =games-action/vvvvvv-2.4.4
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =games-action/vvvvvv-2.4.4
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =games-action/vvvvvv-2.4.4
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4.4 | 8 | ~amd64 | 0 |
# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit cmake desktop xdg
# Only Make and Play builds may ship the game's assets. Upstream has not
# changed this file since 2022-11-17.
MY_DATA="${PN}-makeandplay-data-20221117.zip"
DESCRIPTION="Retro platformer where you flip gravity instead of jumping"
HOMEPAGE="https://thelettervsixtim.es/ https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV"
# The tag tarball lacks the third_party submodules; the release zip has them.
SRC_URI="https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/releases/download/${PV}/VVVVVV-${PV}.zip
makeandplay? ( https://thelettervsixtim.es/makeandplay/data.zip -> ${MY_DATA} )"
S="${WORKDIR}/VVVVVV/desktop_version"
LICENSE="VVVVVV Apache-2.0 BSD ZLIB"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64"
IUSE="makeandplay"
RESTRICT="bindist"
RDEPEND="
app-emulation/faudio
dev-games/physfs[zip]
dev-libs/tinyxml2:=
media-libs/libsdl2[joystick,sound,video]
"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
BDEPEND="app-arch/unzip"
src_unpack() {
unpack "VVVVVV-${PV}.zip"
}
src_prepare() {
# The interim version block asks git for the commit, date and branch, and
# without a checkout it shows placeholders on the title screen.
sed -i -e 's/VERSION 2\.8\.12\.\.\.3\.5/VERSION 3.10/' \
-e 's/^if(NOT OFFICIAL_BUILD)$/if(FALSE)/' \
-e '/-Werror=implicit-fallthrough/d' \
-e '/set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH /d' CMakeLists.txt || die
rm -r VVVVVV-android || die
cmake_src_prepare
}
src_configure() {
local mycmakeargs=(
-DBUNDLE_DEPENDENCIES=OFF
-DMAKEANDPLAY="$(usex makeandplay)"
)
cmake_src_configure
}
src_install() {
exeinto "/usr/libexec/${PN}"
doexe "${BUILD_DIR}/VVVVVV"
newbin "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.sh" "${PN}"
insinto "/usr/share/${PN}"
doins -r fonts lang
use makeandplay && newins "${DISTDIR}/${MY_DATA}" data.zip
make_desktop_entry "${PN}" VVVVVV
einstalldocs
}
pkg_postinst() {
xdg_pkg_postinst
if ! use makeandplay; then
elog "VVVVVV needs data.zip from a purchased copy of the game. Copy it to"
elog "${EROOT}/usr/share/${PN}/data.zip or ~/.local/share/VVVVVV/data.zip."
elog "Alternatively, enable USE=makeandplay for the free Make and Play edition."
fi
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p games-action/vvvvvv |
euse -E <flag> -p games-action/vvvvvv |
euse -D <flag> -p games-action/vvvvvv
app-emulation/faudio dev-games/physfs[zip] dev-libs/tinyxml2:= media-libs/libsdl2[joystick,sound,video]
app-emulation/faudio dev-games/physfs[zip] dev-libs/tinyxml2:= media-libs/libsdl2[joystick,sound,video]
app-arch/unzip
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | VVVVVV-2.4.4.zip | 11037325 bytes | https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/releases/download/2.4.4/VVVVVV-2.4.4.zip |
| DIST | vvvvvv-makeandplay-data-20221117.zip | 61405423 bytes | https://thelettervsixtim.es/makeandplay/data.zip |