Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 12.2

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libxkbcommon-1.7.0

Introduction to libxkbcommon

libxkbcommon is a keymap compiler and support library which processes a reduced subset of keymaps as defined by the XKB specification.

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

Package Information

libxkbcommon Dependencies

Required

xkeyboard-config-2.42 (runtime)

Recommended

libxcb-1.17.0, Wayland-1.23.0, and wayland-protocols-1.36

Optional

Doxygen-1.12.0 (for generating the documentation) and Xvfb (from Xorg-Server-21.1.13 or Xwayland-24.1.2)

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-2.42 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

xkbcli

provides a debugger and compiler for XKB keymaps

libxkbcommon.so

contains the libxkbcommon API functions

libxkbcommon-x11.so

contains the libxkbcommon X11 specific API functions

libxkbregistry.so

contains a list of available XKB models, layouts, and variants for a given ruleset