Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-767

Chapter 37. LXQt Desktop

lxqt-wayland-session-0.4.1

Introduction to lxqt-wayland-session

The lxqt-wayland-session package contains the wayland based session manager for LXQt.

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Package Information

lxqt-wayland-session Dependencies

Required

lxqt-session-2.4.0, layer-shell-qt-6.6.5 for lxqt, and qtxdg-tools-4.4.0

Installation of lxqt-wayland-session

Install lxqt-wayland-session by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      ..                           &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Configuring lxqt-wayland-session

Window Managers other than openbox-3.6.1 may be used, e.g. Xfwm4-4.20.0. Please note that IceWM-4.0.0 is not a good substitute. Fluxbox does work, although in this context (with lxqt-config-2.4.0), openbox-3.6.1 is better. The configuration file /usr/share/lxqt/windowmanagers.conf comes with many examples of Window Managers and the ones which are installed will appear in a drop down list of lxqt-config-session. For the ones not included in /usr/share/lxqt/windowmanagers.conf, you can use lxqt-config-session's "search" button, e.g. for Fluxbox-1.3.7, navigating through the file system until you can choose fluxbox.

Contents

Installed Programs: lxqt-qdbus and startlxqtwayland
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/lxqt/wayland, and /usr/share/themes/Vent{,dark},

Short Descriptions

lxqt-qdbus

is a dbus wrapper for keybinds on wayland compositors.

startlxqtwayland

is used to start the desktop wayland session for LXQt