Installation of libxkbcommon
Install libxkbcommon by running
the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D enable-docs=false &&
ninja
To test the results, ensure Xvfb and xkeyboard-config-2.44 are available,
then issue: ninja
test.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
lib32 Installation of libxkbcommon
First clean the build directory:
rm -rf *
Install lib32-libxkbcommon by
running the following commands:
CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32" \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig \
meson setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--libdir=/usr/lib32 \
--buildtype=release \
-D enable-docs=false &&
ninja
Now, as the root user:
DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR ninja install &&
cp -vr DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32 &&
rm -rf DESTDIR &&
ldconfig
Command Explanations
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
Inspect meson_options.txt for a
full list of options.
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-D enable-docs=false: This
parameter disables building documentation as
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/doxygen.html
is not built.
Contents
Installed Programs:
xkbcli
Installed Libraries:
libxkbcommon.so, libxkbcommon-x11.so, and
libxkbregistry.so
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/xkbcommon and
/usr/libexec/xkbcommon
Short Descriptions
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xkbcli
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provides a debugger and compiler for XKB keymaps
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libxkbcommon.so
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contains the libxkbcommon API functions
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libxkbcommon-x11.so
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contains the libxkbcommon X11 specific API
functions
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libxkbregistry.so
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contains a list of available XKB models, layouts, and
variants for a given ruleset
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