Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 10.1

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libxkbcommon-1.0.3

Introduction to libxkbcommon

libxkbcommon is a keymap compiler and support library which processes a reduced subset of keymaps as defined by the XKB specification.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

libxkbcommon Dependencies

Required

xkeyboard-config-2.32

Recommended

libxcb-1.14, Wayland-1.19.0, and wayland-protocols-1.20

Optional

Doxygen-1.9.1

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libxkbcommon

Installation of libxkbcommon

Install libxkbcommon by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr -Denable-docs=false .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-Denable-docs=false: This switch disables documentation generation. Remove it if Doxygen-1.9.1 is installed.

mv -v /usr/share/doc/libxkbcommon{,-1.0.3}: If you removed -Denable-docs=false, use this command to install the documentation in a versioned directory.

Contents

Installed Programs: xkbcli
Installed Libraries: libxkbcommon.so, libxkbcommon-x11.so, and libxkbregistry.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/xkbcommon, /usr/libexec/xkbcommon, and /usr/share/doc/libxkbcommon-1.0.3

Short Descriptions

xkbcli

provides a debugger and compiler for XKB keymaps

libxkbcommon.so

contains the libxkbcommon API functions

libxkbcommon-x11.so

contains the libxkbcommon X11 specific API functions

libxkbregistry.so

contains a list of available XKB models, layouts, and variants for a given ruleset

Last updated on 2021-02-21 11:05:24 -0800