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 12.1
platform.
Package Information
libxkbcommon Dependencies
Required
xkeyboard-config-2.41 (runtime)
Recommended
libxcb-1.16, Wayland-1.22.0, and wayland-protocols-1.33
Optional
Doxygen-1.10.0
Installation of libxkbcommon
Install libxkbcommon by running
the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-Denable-docs=false &&
ninja
To test the results, issue: ninja
test.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
Command Explanations
--buildtype=release:
Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as
the default may produce unoptimized binaries.
-Denable-docs=false: This
switch disables documentation generation. Remove it if Doxygen-1.10.0 is installed.
mv -v
/usr/share/doc/libxkbcommon{,-1.6.0}: 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-1.6.0
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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