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Chapter 13. X11

Xwayland-24.1.9

Introduction to Xwayland

The Xwayland package is an Xorg server running on top of the wayland server. It has been separated from the main Xorg server package. It allows running X clients inside a wayland session.

Xwayland Dependencies

Required
A userland graphics driver (Mesa-25.3.5 and/or NVIDIA (NVIDIA-590.48.01 or NVIDIA-580.126.09)) (runtime), DRI from Mesa-25.3.5, libxcvt-0.1.3, Pixman-0.46.4, Wayland-Protocols-1.47, Xorg Applications (runtime), and Xorg Fonts (only font-util)

Recommended
libgbm-1.0.4, libepoxy-1.5.10, and libglvnd-1.7.0

Installation of Xwayland

Install xwayland by running the following commands: 

sed -i '/install_man/,$d' meson.build &&

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr                  \
            --buildtype=release            \
            -D xkb_output_dir=/var/lib/xkb \
            -D secure-rpc=false            \
            .. &&

ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

If Xorg-Server-21.1.21 is not installed and you do not plan to install it later, you can install Xvfb from this package. As the root user: 

install -vDm755 hw/vfb/Xvfb -t /usr/bin/

Command Explanations

Note

Inspect meson_options.txt or meson.options for a full list of options.

sed -i '/install_man/,$d' meson.build: Prevents installing a manual page for Xserver, which is also provided by Xorg-Server-21.1.21. Remove this command if Xorg-Server-21.1.21 is not installed and you don't plan to install it later.

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

-D secure-rpc=false: Disables RPC support as libtirpc was not built.

Contents

Installed Program: Xwayland
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

Xwayland

is a minimal X server that can run on top of Wayland to allow Xorg clients to execute