Introduction to libxkbcommon
libxkbcommon is a keymap compiler
and support library which processes a reduced subset of keymaps as
defined by the XKB specification.
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Package Information
libxkbcommon Dependencies
Required
xkeyboard-config-2.43 (runtime)
Recommended
libxcb-1.17.0, Wayland-1.23.0, and
wayland-protocols-1.38
Optional
Doxygen-1.12.0 (for generating the
documentation) and Xvfb (from Xorg-Server-21.1.14 or Xwayland-24.1.4)
Installation of libxkbcommon
Install libxkbcommon by running
the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-D enable-docs=false &&
ninja
To test the results, ensure Xvfb and xkeyboard-config-2.43 are available,
then 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.
-D enable-docs=true: This
switch enables documentation generation. The Doxygen-1.12.0 is
required.
mv -v
/usr/share/doc/libxkbcommon{,-1.7.0}: If you built
the documentation, use this command to install it 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-1.7.0
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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