Linux® From Scratch - Quality of Life (System V Edition) - Version #6eb9

Chapter 9. Terminal Emulators

foot-1.22.0

Introduction to foot

The foot package provides a Wayland terminal emulator.

foot Dependencies

Required

fontconfig, libxkbcommon, elogind, Pixman, Wayland, and Wayland-Protocols

Recommended

fcft-3.3.1 (if not built, it will be downloaded), HarfBuzz, and tllist-1.1.0 (if not built, it will be downloaded)

Optional

scdoc-1.11.3 and utf8proc

Installation of foot

Install foot by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

If you built scdoc, make the documentation directory versioned as the root user: 

mv -v /usr/share/doc/foot{,-1.22.0}

Configuring foot

Config Files

~/.config/foot/foot.ini. The default version is in /etc/xdg/foot and will not be used and must be copied to ~/.config/foot.

Configuration Information

Create the config file: 

mkdir -pv ~/.config/foot &&
cp /etc/xdg/foot/foot.ini ~/.config/foot

Now inspect the file and make any changes you see fit.

Contents

Installed Programs: foot and footclient
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/xdg/foot, /usr/share/doc/foot-1.22.0, and /usr/share/foot

Short Descriptions

foot

is a Wayland terminal emulator

footclient

starts foot instances in a foot server