libxkbcommon-0.6.1

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-7.10 platform.

Package Information

libxkbcommon Dependencies

Required

xkeyboard-config-2.18

Recommended

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

Installation of libxkbcommon

Install libxkbcommon by running the following commands:

./configure $XORG_CONFIG     \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libxkbcommon-0.6.1 &&
make

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-x11: Use this switch if you have not installed libxcb-1.12 and don't need the libxkbcommon-x11.so library.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libxkbcommon and libxkbcommon-x11.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/xkbcommon and /usr/share/doc/libxkbcommon-0.6.1

Short Descriptions

libxkbcommon.so

contains the libxkbcommon API functions.

libxkbcommon-x11.so

contains the libxkbcommon X11 specific API functions.

Last updated on 2015-07-31 23:26:22 -0500