Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r13.0-926

Chapter 25. Graphical Environment Libraries

xdg-desktop-portal-wlr-0.8.2

Introduction to xdg-desktop-portal-wlr

The xdg-desktop-portal-wlr package provides the screenshot and screencast portal interfaces for wlroots compositors. Most of the other portal interfaces are provided by xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.15.3, but isn't strictly required unless you need those interfaces.

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Note

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Package Information

xdg-desktop-portal-wlr Dependencies

Required

Mesa-26.0.7, inih-62, libdrm-2.4.134, elogind-257.14, pipewire-1.6.7, Wayland-1.25.0, wayland-protocols-1.49, and xdg-desktop-portal-1.22.1

Recommended

xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.15.3 (for providing most portals interfaces like getting the preferred file manager)

Optional

scdoc

Installation of xdg-desktop-portal-wlr

Install xdg-desktop-portal-wlr by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr                 \
            --buildtype=release           \
            -D sd-bus-provider=libelogind \
            .. &&

ninja

This package doesn't come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Ensure the portal can be detected as the root user: 

cat > /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/wlr-portals.conf << "EOF"
[preferred]
default=wlr
EOF

Command Explanations

-D sd-bus-provider=libelogind: This parameter tells the build system what provides the sd-bus API, which in this case is elogind.

Contents

Installed Programs: one daemon in /usr/libexec
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal (if no other xdg-desktop-portal backend is installed)