Project:Multilib

Multilib
Description	The Gentoo multilib project aims to provide means to build Gentoo packages for multiple ABIs.
Project email	multilib@gentoo.org
Lead(s)	Michał Górny (mgorny) Lead Last elected: 2018/06/22
Member(s)	Alexis Ballier (Aballier) Member Ian Stakenvicius (axs) Member Jonathan Callen (jcallen) Member
Subproject(s) (and inherited member(s))	(none)
Parent Project	Gentoo
Project listing

Our main goal is to provide a feasible and user-friendly way of supporting applications which are not compatible with the native application binary interface (ABI).

We effectively target the following three kinds of applicationsː

1. Closed-source applications, such as Skype, which are not released for the native ABI or architecture;
2. Applications interfacing with closed source applications, such as wine; and
3. Applications which break when compiled for the native ABI.

Documentation for developers

• Concepts
• Eclasses
  • multilib-build
  • multilib-minimal
  • autotools-multilib (deprecated)
  • cmake-multilib
• Tips & tricks
• Adding new ABIs

Historical documentation

• Roadmap