Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.6-systemd

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Wayland-1.5.0

Introduction to Wayland

Wayland is a project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 systemd platform.

Package Information

Wayland Dependencies

Required

libffi-3.1

Optional

Doxygen-1.8.8, (to build documentation) libxslt-1.1.28 and Publican

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

Installation of Wayland

Install Wayland by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --disable-documentation &&
make

The testsuite needs to be run as the root user. To test the results, issue: make check

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--disable-documentation: This switch is used to disable building of the API documentation. Remove it if you have installed Doxygen-1.8.8.

Contents

Installed Programs: wayland-scanner
Installed Libraries: libwayland-client.so, libwayland-cursor.so and libwayland-server.so
Installed Directories: /usr/share/wayland

Short Descriptions

wayland-scanner

is a tool to generate proxy methods in wayland-client-protocol.h and wayland-server-protocol.h

libwayland-client.so

contains API functions for writing Wayland applications.

libwayland-cursor.so

contains API functions for managing cursors in Wayland applications.

libwayland-server.so

contains API functions for writing Wayland compositors.

Last updated on 2014-08-23 08:05:43 -0700