# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 # Base URL: https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/ # Fetch the Release file: # https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/dists/stable/Release # Which gives you the Packages file: # https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages # https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages # And finally gives you the file name: # pool/main/c/chrome-remote-desktop/chrome-remote-desktop_148.0.7778.58_amd64.deb # # Use curl to find the answer: # curl -q https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages | grep ^Filename EAPI=8 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} ) CHROMIUM_LANGS="am ar bg bn ca cs da de el en-GB en es-419 es et fa fil fi fr gu he hi hr hu id it ja kn ko lt lv ml mr ms nb nl pl pt-BR pt-PT ro ru sk sl sr sv sw ta te th tr uk vi zh-CN zh-TW" inherit unpacker python-single-r1 chromium-2 DESCRIPTION="access remote computers via Chrome!" PLUGIN_URL="https://remotedesktop.google.com" HOMEPAGE="https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1649523 https://remotedesktop.google.com" BASE_URI="https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb/pool/main/c/${PN}/${PN}_${PV}" SRC_URI="amd64? ( ${BASE_URI}_amd64.deb )" LICENSE="google-chrome" SLOT="0" KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64" IUSE="gnome systemd" REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}" RESTRICT="bindist mirror" # Packages we execute, but don't link. RDEPEND="app-admin/sudo ${PYTHON_DEPS}" # All the libs this package links against. # # Note: DEBIAN/control says either pkexec or polkit is required as (r)depends, # but compatibility with pkexec is not tested on gentoo, so we only support # polkit for now. # # Note: As of May 6, 2026, media-libs/mesa installs libgbm.so.1, which is required # by chrome-remote-desktop. # # Note: There is no guarantee that this package works on non-systemd or non-GNOME # environments, because the .deb package itself depends on systemd and gsettings- # desktop-schemas. gnome and systemd-related packages are set as conditional # packages just for package backward compatibility and for those who wants to try # it in such environments. RDEPEND+=" >=dev-libs/expat-2 dev-libs/glib:2 dev-libs/nspr dev-libs/nss gnome? ( gnome-base/gsettings-desktop-schemas ) $(python_gen_cond_dep ' dev-python/dbus-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/pyxdg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] ') media-libs/fontconfig media-libs/freetype:2 media-libs/mesa sys-apps/dbus systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd ) sys-auth/polkit sys-devel/gcc sys-libs/glibc sys-libs/libutempter sys-libs/pam sys-process/psmisc x11-apps/xdpyinfo x11-apps/setxkbmap x11-libs/cairo x11-libs/gtk+:3 x11-libs/libX11 x11-libs/libxcb x11-libs/libXdamage x11-libs/libXext x11-libs/libXfixes x11-libs/libxkbcommon x11-libs/libXrandr x11-libs/libXtst x11-libs/pango" # Settings we just need at runtime. # TODO: Look at switching to xf86-video-dummy & xf86-input-void instead of xvfb. # - The env var (CHROME_REMOTE_DESKTOP_USE_XORG) seems to be stripped before being checked. # - The Xorg invocation uses absolute paths with -logfile & -config which are rejected. # - The config takes over the active display in addition to starting up a virtual one. RDEPEND+=" x11-base/xorg-server[xvfb]" # Although DEBIAN/control says xrandr is optional, it's mandatory for xvfb because the buggy # _launch_xvfb() function in chrome-remote-desktop always fails if xrandr is unavailable, # as subprocess.call("xrandr", ...) raises an exception in such case. RDEPEND+=" x11-apps/xrandr" BDEPEND="$(unpacker_src_uri_depends)" S=${WORKDIR} QA_PREBUILT="/opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop/*" PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-91.0.4472.10-always-sudo.patch #541708 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-148.0.7778.58-fix-xsessions-path.patch ) src_prepare() { default gunzip usr/share/doc/${PN}/*.gz || die cd opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop python_fix_shebang chrome-remote-desktop cd remoting_locales # These isn't always included. rm -f fake-bidi* || die } src_install() { pushd opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop/remoting_locales >/dev/null || die chromium_remove_language_paks popd >/dev/null insinto /etc doins -r etc/opt dosym ../opt/chrome/native-messaging-hosts /etc/chromium/native-messaging-hosts #581754 insinto /opt doins -r opt/google chmod a+rx "${ED}"/opt/google/${PN}/* || die insinto /usr/lib/systemd doins -r lib/systemd/system insinto /usr/share doins -r usr/share/wireplumber dodir /etc/pam.d dosym system-remote-login /etc/pam.d/${PN} dodoc usr/share/doc/${PN}/changelog* newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.rc ${PN} newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf.d ${PN} } pkg_setup() { python_setup chromium_suid_sandbox_check_kernel_config } pkg_postinst() { if [[ -z ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]] ; then elog "Two ways to launch the server:" elog "(1) access an existing desktop" elog " (a) install the Chrome plugin on the server & client:" elog " ${PLUGIN_URL}" elog " (b) on the server, run the Chrome plugin & enable remote access" elog " (c) on the client, connect to the server" elog "(2) headless system" elog " (a) install the Chrome plugin on the client:" elog " ${PLUGIN_URL}" elog " (b) open the headless setup wizard on the client:" elog " ${PLUGIN_URL}/headless" elog " (c) proceed with the wizard and run the setup command for Debian Linux" elog " (d) on the client, connect to the server" elog elog "Configuration settings you might want to be aware of:" elog " ~/.xsession - shell script to start your session" elog " /etc/init.d/${PN} - script to auto-restart server" elog elog "For example, run the following commands to set up X session for GNOME:" elog " echo -e '#!/bin/sh\\n\\nexec /etc/X11/Sessions/Gnome' > .xsession" elog " chmod +x .xsession" fi }