Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.1

Chapter 39. LXQt Desktop

Kwindowsystem-5.37.0 for lxqt

Introduction to kwindowsystem

The kwindowsystem provides information about, and allows interaction with, the windowing system. It provides a high level API that is windowing system independent and has platform specific implementations.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.1 platform.

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Note

This package is extracted from the KF5 set of packages. If KDE Frameworks-5.37.0 is built, do NOT also build this package as presented here.

Package Information

Kwindowsystem Dependencies

Required

extra-cmake-modules-5.37.0, Xorg Libraries, and Qt-5.9.1

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

Installation of kwindowsystem

Install kwindowsystem by running the following commands: 

mkdir -v build &&
cd       build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$LXQT_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release          \
      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF                 \
      -Wno-dev ..                         &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libKF5WindowSystem.so
Installed Directories: $LXQT_PREFIX/lib/cmake/KF5WindowSystem, $LXQT_PREFIX/include/KF5, and $LXQT_PREFIX/lib/plugins/kf5

Short Descriptions

libKF5WindowSystem.so

contains the KF5 Windowing API functions.

Last updated on 2017-08-25 14:22:07 -0700