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Chapter 5. Wine

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.

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libxkbcommon Dependencies

Required

xkeyboard-config-2.42 (runtime)

Recommended

libxcb-1.17.0, Wayland-1.23.1, and wayland-protocols-1.37

Optional

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 \
      -Denable-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

32-bit Installation of libxkbcommon

First clean the build directory: 

rm -rf *

Install lib32-libxkbcommon by running the following commands: 

CC="gcc -m32" CXX="g++ -m32"         \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig \
meson setup ..                       \
      --prefix=/usr                  \
      --libdir=/usr/lib32            \
      --buildtype=release            \
      -D enable-docs=false &&

ninja

Now, as the root user: 

DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR ninja install
cp -vr DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
rm -rf DESTDIR
ldconfig

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

mv -v /usr/share/doc/libxkbcommon{,-1.7.0}: If you built the documentation, use this command to install the 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