Gaming Linux® From Scratch - Version #154e

Chapter 3. Shared Dependencies

seatd-0.9.1

Introduction to seatd

A minimal seat management daemon, and a universal seat management library. It is what a lot of Wayland compositors use to manage seats, a session for a user in which applications can interact with.

seatd Dependencies

Recommended

elogind-255.5 (this package needs a backend to properly create a seat, elogind being a suitable one)

Installation of seatd

Install seatd by running the following commands: 

mkdir build                  &&
cd    build                  &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr .. &&

ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Program: seatd and seatd-launch
Installed Library: libseat.so
Installed Directory: none

Short Descriptions

seatd

is a seat management daemon

seatd-launch

handles seatd processes

libseatd.so

contains functions to handle seat management