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-2.40 (runtime)
Recommended
libxcb-1.16, Wayland-1.22.0, and wayland-protocols-1.33
Optional
Doxygen-1.10.0
Installation of libxkbcommon
Install libxkbcommon by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup .. \
--prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-Denable-docs=false &&
ninja
To test the results, 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.
-Denable-docs=false
: This switch disables documentation generation. Remove it if Doxygen-1.10.0 is installed.
mv -v /usr/share/doc/libxkbcommon{,-1.6.0}: If you removed -Denable-docs=false, use this command to install the documentation 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-1.6.0
Short Descriptions
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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