libXau-1.0.11

Introduction to libXau

The libXau package contains a library implementing the X11 Authorization Protocol. This is useful for restricting client access to the display.

libXau Dependencies

Required

xorgproto-2024.1

Installation of libXau

Install libXau by running the following commands:

./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user:

make install

32-bit Installation of libXau

First clean the directory:

make distclean

Install lib32-libXau by running the following commands:

CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig \
./configure $XORG_CONFIG --libdir=/usr/lib32 &&
make

Now, as the root user:

make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install                      &&
cp -vr DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32                  &&
rm -rf DESTDIR                                         &&
ldconfig

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libXau.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

libXau.so

is the library of X authority database routines