Gaming Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version #b31d

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-255.17 (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       \
            --buildtype=release \
            .. &&

ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

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