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title: Install ebuildtester on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of ebuildtester for Linux - Tool to test a Gentoo
  ebuild and its dependencies
url: https://snapcraft.io/ebuildtester
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# ebuildtester

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latest/stable v48-2-gff1ac58

Install latest/stable of ebuildtester

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install ebuildtester
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* ebuildtester

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### License

* BSD-3-Clause

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### Last updated

* 15 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 15 August 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [ebuildtester.readthedocs.io](https://ebuildtester.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ "https://ebuildtester.readthedocs.io/en/latest/")

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### Contact

* [nicolasbock@gmail.com](mailto:nicolasbock@gmail.com "mailto:nicolasbock@gmail.com")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/ebuildtester#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/ebuildtester#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/ebuildtester#tab-security)

#### Tool to test a Gentoo ebuild and its dependencies

This is a tool to test a Gentoo ebuild and its dependencies. The idea is
that the ebuild is emerged in a clean (and current) stage3 Docker container.

* Installation

This snap uses the `docker` snap and needs to be connected via

```
snap connect ebuildtester:docker-executables docker:docker-executables
```

* Usage

We are going to assume that the user has a local git clone of the portage
tree in

```
/usr/local/git/gentoo
```

We have added a new ebuild and would like to verify that the build
dependencies are all correct. We can build the package (ATOM) with:

```
ebuildtester \
   --portage-dir /usr/local/git/gentoo \
   --atom ATOM \
   --use USE1 USE2
```

where we have specified two USE flags, USE1 and USE2. The `ebuildtester`
command will now create a docker container and start installing the ATOM.
All specified dependencies will be installed as well.

For a full list of supported options run

```
ebuildtester --help
```

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## Install ebuildtester on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/ebuildtester/raspbian)