Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.5

Chapter 24. X Window System Environment

libxcb-1.10

Introduction to libxcb

The libxcb package provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, which replaces the current Xlib interface. Xlib can also use XCB as a transport layer, allowing software to make requests and receive responses with both.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/libxcb-1.10.tar.bz2

  • Download MD5 sum: 074c335cc4453467eeb234e3dadda700

  • Download size: 468 KB

  • Estimated disk space required: 42 MB (124 MB with doxygen generated documentation)

  • Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (additional 0.1 to generate API documentation)

libxcb Dependencies

Required

libXau-1.0.8 and xcb-proto-1.10

Recommended

libXdmcp-1.1.1

Optional

Doxygen-1.8.6 (to generate API documentation) Check-0.9.12 (to run tests) and libxslt-1.1.28

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

Installation of libxcb

Install libxcb by running the following commands: 

sed -e "s/pthread-stubs//" -i configure.ac &&
autoreconf -fiv &&
./configure $XORG_CONFIG --docdir='${datadir}'/doc/libxcb-1.10 \
            --enable-xinput --enable-xkb &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

sed -e "s/pthread-stubs//" -i configure.ac: This sed removes dependency on libpthread-stubs package which is useless on Linux.

--enable-xinput: This switch enables XCB Xinput extension.

--without-doxygen: This switch can be used to disable the API documentation if Doxygen-1.8.6 is installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libxcb.so and libxcb-*.so
Installed Directories: $XORG_PREFIX/include/xcb and $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libxcb-1.10

Short Descriptions

libxcb.so

is an interface to the X Window System protocol.

Last updated on 2014-02-18 12:55:40 -0800