How to publish Gentoo packages on Sonatype.

What are Gentoo packages?

Gentoo is a totally free Linux distribution. It uses the latest development tools and software technologies and is dedicated to quality rather than blindly following traditional usage patterns with binary packages and config files. Every part of Gentoo, including installation images, is free software; most of the source code is available to whoever wants it. Gentoo has been developed in an entirely open process, in which technical choices are made via discussion in email forums and IRC channels rather than by secretive members of some elite development cabal. Each package in Gentoo has its own maintainer who decides whether or not to include it; you are welcome to volunteer to Gentoo.

What is Sonatype?

Sonatype Nexus is the most prevalent open source repository management software platform in use today. Its popularity is driven by its powerful capabilities for managing all aspects of the full development lifecycle, that can scale to meet the most ambitious projects. It provides flexible platforms to manage agile development processes and single-server to enterprise software deployments.

Publish Gentoo packages on Sonatype with packagecloud

If you’re looking to publish Gentoo packages on Sonatype, you can use packagecloud to handle all of your package management. Packagecloud works with all kinds of packages, not only Gentoo packages. With packagecloud you can manage all of your packages from various OS’s, languages, and more. Always trust that your packages will be secure when you publish your Gentoo packages on Sonatype via packagecloud.