Contents
Installed Program:
Xwayland
Installed Library:
None
Installed Directory:
None
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-25.2.2 and/or NVIDIA-580.95.05), libxcvt-0.1.3, Pixman-0.46.4, Wayland-Protocols-1.45, Xorg Applications (runtime), and Xorg Fonts (only font-util)
Installation of Xwayland
Install xwayland by running the following commands:
sed -i '/install_man/,$d' meson.build &&
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D xkb_output_dir=/var/lib/xkb \
-D secure-rpc=false \
.. &&
ninja
Now, as the root user:
ninja install &&
install -vdm1755 /tmp/.X11-unix &&
if [ -z "$(grep .X11-unix /etc/sysconfig/createfiles)" ]; then
cat >> /etc/sysconfig/createfiles << "EOF"
/tmp/.X11-unix dir 1777 root root
EOF
fi
If Xorg-Server-21.1.20 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]](../images/note.png)
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-21.1.20. Remove this command if Xorg-Server-21.1.20 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.
cat >>
/etc/sysconfig/createfiles...: This command creates
the /tmp/.X11-unix directory at
startup, and ensures that the permissions and ownership are correct
as required by applications using Xwayland.