Downloads
amd64 aka x86-64, x64, Intel 64
Boot media
Stage archives
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arm64 aka AArch64
Boot media
Stage archives
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Gentoo Handbook
Please see the Gentoo Handbook
for the complete installation documentation.
It explains how you can find the right architecture for your machine and which files you need at what stage of the installation process.
In brief, a stage 3 is a minimal set of Gentoo binaries that can upgrade and expand itself (but not much more, i.e., no kernel
or boot loader). The desktop version already contains additional programs needed in a typical desktop installation. The installation CD can be
used to boot and, well, install Gentoo.
Advanced choices and other architectures
amd64 – Advanced choices
Processor compatibility
The amd64 architecture is intended for use on AMD 64-bit CPUs as well as 64-bit Intel Pentium/Core/Xeon processors.
Boot media
Stage archives
LLVM-based stage archives
Hardened stage archives
Musl stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems please see the Musl usage guide.
Split-usr stage archives
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alpha
Boot media
Stage archives
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arm
Processor compatibility
For details of the arm architecture, please see the corresponding wikipedia page. Note that in Gentoo arm refers to 32bit variants; the 64bit variants can be found as arm64.
ARMv4tl stage archives
ARMv5tel stage archives
ARMv6j stage archives
ARMv7a stage archives
Musl stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems please see the Musl usage guide.
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arm64
Boot media
Stage archives
LLVM-based stage archives
Musl stage archives
Big-Endian Stage archives
Split-usr stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems please see the Musl usage guide.
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hppa
Boot media
HPPA 1.1 stage archives
HPPA 2.0 stage archives
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loong
Stage archives
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mips
Processor compatibility
For details of the mips architecture, please see the corresponding wikipedia page.
Stage archives, little-endian O32
Stage archives, big-endian O32
Stage archives, little-endian N32
Stage archives, big-endian N32
Stage archives, little-endian N64
Stage archives, big-endian N64
Stage archives, little-endian multilib
Stage archives, big-endian multilib
Musl stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems please see the Musl usage guide.
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m68k
Stage archives
Musl stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems please see the Musl usage guide.
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ppc
Processor compatibility
PowerPC CPUs can operate in two modes: big-endian and little-endian.
- The ppc and ppc64 stages are big-endian stages and can be used with any PowerPC CPU, including some old Apple™ hardware.
- The ppc64le stages are little-endian stages and are created for running on POWER8 and newer CPUs.
- The power9le stages are little-endian stages optimized exclusively for POWER9 CPUs.
Boot media
Stage archives, big-endian ppc and ppc64
Stage archives, little-endian ppc64le
Hardened / musl stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems please see the Musl usage guide.
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riscv
Processor compatibility
The lp64d stages can be used on all 64-bit RISC-V processors supporting the double-precision floating point instruction set.
The lp64 stages can be used on all 64-bit RISC-V processors; they require no hardware support for floating point arithmetics.
Multilib stages include toolchain support for all 64-bit and 32-bit ABI and are based on lp64d. They are mostly useful for development and testing purposes.
The ilp32d stages can be used on all 32-bit RISC-V processors supporting the double-precision floating point instruction set.
The ilp32 stages can be used on all 32-bit RISC-V processors; they require no hardware support for floating point arithmetics.
Stage archives (RV64)
Stage archives (RV32)
Musl stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems please see the Musl usage guide.
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s390
Boot media
Stage archives
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sparc
Boot media
Stage archives
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x86
Processor compatibility
There are two builds of the x86 architecture: i486 and i686.
Processors prior to the Intel Pentium Pro or Pentium II require the i486 variant to be used.
Boot media
Stage archives
Hardened stage archives
Musl stage archives
For additional information on using musl based Gentoo systems please see the Musl usage guide.
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Experimental downloads
For additional highly experimental downloads across all architectures please refer to the complete experimental downloads archive. Hic sunt dracones.#