Ebuild
An Ebuild is a Python script written for the
Portage system of Gentoo Linux. Each application in the portage tree has an ebuild written for it, and the ebuild, invoked with "emerge nameofebuild", automatically installs the program and takes care of all dependencies. Ebuild files are usually named as "name-version.ebuild". Usually, the ebuild is designed to install an application from source, although some ebuilds are designed for binaries. Other ebuilds install meta-packages or virtual packages. Here is an example ebuild for the software:
# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-misc/beep/beep-1.2.2.ebuild,v 1.16 2004/07/14 01:43:23 mr_bones_ Exp $
DESCRIPTION="the advanced PC speaker beeper"
HOMEPAGE="http://www.johnath.com/beep/"
SRC_URI="http://www.johnath.com/beep/${P}.tar.gz"
LICENSE="GPL-2"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="x86 ppc alpha amd64"
IUSE=""
DEPEND="virtual/libc"
src_compile() {
emake FLAGS="${CFLAGS}" || die "compile problem"
}
src_install() {
dobin beep
# do we really have to set this suid by default? -solar
fperms 4711 /usr/bin/beep
doman beep.1.gz
dodoc CHANGELOG CREDITS README
}
