sdl-gfx 2.0.13 is installed as /usr/lib/libSDL_gfx.so.13.0.0 for me while the correct library name would be /usr/lib/libSDL_gfx-2.0.so.13.0.0. I'm not sure if this is a bug in the package itself or in the ebuild. I've sent a bug report to the maintainer of the package as well. emerge --info output: Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.10 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.2.3-r5,dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 28 2005, 14:43:31)] distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r5, 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r9 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi alsa apache2 avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cscope cups curl dedicated doc dvd eds emboss encode examples fam flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal howl imagemagick imlib ipv6 jack jpeg junit libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl slang speex spell sqlite ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLA
sdl-gfx is installed correctly the '-ver.so' is an ugly gnome-ism