Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.2

Chapter 24. Graphical Environments

luit-20240102

Introduction to luit

The luit package is a filter that can be run between an arbitrary application and a UTF-8 terminal emulator. It will convert application output from the locale’s encoding into UTF‐8, and convert terminal input from UTF‐8 into the locale’s encoding.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.

Package Information

luit Dependencies

Required

Xorg Applications

Installation of luit

Install luit by running the following commands: 

./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: luit
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: None