Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-21

Chapter 24. X Window System Environment

Xorg Libraries

Introduction to Xorg Libraries

The Xorg libraries provide library routines that are used within all X Window applications.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.3 platform.

Package Information

Xorg Libraries Dependencies

Required

Fontconfig-2.10.2, Xorg Protocol Headers, libXdmcp-1.1.1, and libxcb-1.9

Optional

xmlto-0.0.25 with one or more of the following: fop-1.1, Links-2.7, Lynx-2.8.8dev.15, and w3m-0.5.3 (to generate additional PDF or text documentation for the libXfont package).

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg7Libraries

Downloading Xorg Libraries

First, create a list of files to be downloaded. This file will also be used to verify the integrity of the downloads when complete: 

cat > lib-7.7.md5 << "EOF"
84c66908cf003ad8c272b0eecbdbaee3  xtrans-1.2.7.tar.bz2
78b4b3bab4acbdf0abcfca30a8c70cc6  libX11-1.5.0.tar.bz2
71251a22bc47068d60a95f50ed2ec3cf  libXext-1.3.1.tar.bz2
645f83160cf7b562734e2038045106d1  libFS-1.0.4.tar.bz2
471b5ca9f5562ac0d6eac7a0bf650738  libICE-1.0.8.tar.bz2
766de9d1e1ecf8bf74cebe2111d8e2bd  libSM-1.2.1.tar.bz2
7a773b16165e39e938650bcc9027c1d5  libXScrnSaver-1.2.2.tar.bz2
a6f137ae100e74ebe3b71eb4a38c40b3  libXt-1.1.3.tar.bz2
a4efff8de85bd45dd3da124285d10c00  libXmu-1.1.1.tar.bz2
7ae7eff7a14d411e84a67bd166bcec1a  libXpm-3.5.10.tar.bz2
f39942f2cab379fc9b4c3731bf191b84  libXaw-1.0.11.tar.bz2
678071bd7f9f7467e2fc712d81022318  libXfixes-5.0.tar.bz2
f7a218dcbf6f0848599c6c36fc65c51a  libXcomposite-0.4.4.tar.bz2
ee62f4c7f0f16ced4da63308963ccad2  libXrender-0.9.7.tar.bz2
52efa81b7f26c8eda13510a2fba98eea  libXcursor-1.1.13.tar.bz2
0cf292de2a9fa2e9a939aefde68fd34f  libXdamage-1.1.4.tar.bz2
a2a861f142c3b4367f14fc14239fc1f7  libfontenc-1.1.1.tar.bz2
6851da5dae0a6cf5f7c9b9e2b05dd3b4  libXfont-1.4.5.tar.bz2
78d64dece560c9e8699199f3faa521c0  libXft-2.3.1.tar.bz2
24d71afed1b86c60d4eb361628d7f47b  libXi-1.7.1.tar.bz2
cb45d6672c93a608f003b6404f1dd462  libXinerama-1.1.2.tar.bz2
0c843636124cc1494e3d87df16957672  libXrandr-1.4.0.tar.bz2
80d0c6d8522fa7a645e4f522e9a9cd20  libXres-1.0.6.tar.bz2
e8abc5c00c666f551cf26aa53819d592  libXtst-1.2.1.tar.bz2
5e1ac203ccd3ce3e89755ed1fbe75b0b  libXv-1.0.7.tar.bz2
3340c99ff556ea2457b4be47f5cb96fa  libXvMC-1.0.7.tar.bz2
b7f38465c46e7145782d37dbb9da8c09  libXxf86dga-1.1.3.tar.bz2
ffd93bcedd8b2b5aeabf184e7b91f326  libXxf86vm-1.1.2.tar.bz2
782ced3a9e754dfeb53a8a006a75eb1a  libdmx-1.1.2.tar.bz2
399a419ac6a54f0fc07c69c9bdf452dc  libpciaccess-0.13.1.tar.bz2
19e6533ae64abba0773816a23f2b9507  libxkbfile-1.0.8.tar.bz2
EOF

To download the needed files using wget, use the following commands: 

mkdir lib &&
cd lib &&
grep -v '^#' ../lib-7.7.md5 | awk '{print $2}' | wget -i- -c \
    -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/ &&
md5sum -c ../lib-7.7.md5

Installation of Xorg Libraries

[Note]

Note

When installing multiple packages in a script, the installation needs to be done as the root user. There are three general options that can be used to do this:

  1. Run the entire script as the root user (not recommended).

  2. Use the sudo command from the Sudo-1.8.6p3 package.

  3. Use su -c "command arguments" (quotes required) which will ask for the root password for every iteration of the loop.

One way to handle this situation is to create a short bash function that automatically selects the appropriate method. Once the command is set in the environment, it does not need to be set again. 

as_root()
{
  if   [ $EUID = 0 ];        then $*
  elif [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ]; then sudo $*
  else                            su -c \\"$*\\"
  fi
}

export -f as_root

First, start a subshell that will exit on error: 

bash -e

Install all of the applications by running the following commands: 

for package in $(grep -v '^#' ../lib-7.7.md5 | awk '{print $2}')
do
  packagedir=${package%.tar.bz2}
  tar -xf $package
  pushd $packagedir
  case $packagedir in
    libXfont-[0-9]* )
      ./configure $XORG_CONFIG --disable-devel-docs
    ;;
    libXt-[0-9]* )
      ./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
                  --with-appdefaultdir=/etc/X11/app-defaults
    ;;
    * )
      ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
    ;;
  esac
  make
  as_root make install
  popd
  rm -r $packagedir
  as_root /sbin/ldconfig
done

Finally, exit the shell that was started earlier: 

exit

Command Explanations

--with-fop: Use fop-1.1 to generate PDF documentation (only for the libXfont package).

--disable-devel-docs: Disable generation of text documentation in the libXfont package if xmlto-0.0.25 is installed without a text browser. Omit this parameter (or the entire case statement) if a text browser is installed.

Configuration of Xorg Libraries

If you've chosen to install Xorg into /usr, then no further configuration is necessary and you can skip the rest of this section. If you've opted for an alternate prefix, you should create three symlinks to satisfy the expected environment of several packages. Execute the following commands as the root user: 

ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &&
ln -sv $XORG_PREFIX/include/X11 /usr/include/X11

Contents

Installed Programs: cxpm and sxpm
Installed Libraries: libdmx.so, libfontenc.so, libFS.so, libICE.so, libpciaccess.so, libSM.so, libX11.so, libXaw6.so, libXaw7.so, libXaw.so, libXcomposite.so, libXcursor.so, libXdamage.so, libXext.so, libXfixes.so, libXfont.so, libXft.so, libXinerama.so, libXi.so, libxkbfile.so, libXmu.so, libXmuu.so, libXpm.so, libXrandr.so, libXrender.so, libXRes.so, libXss.so, libXt.so, libXtst.so, libXvMC.so, libXvMCW.so, libXv.so, libXxf86dga.so and libXxf86vm.so
Installed Directories: $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libFS, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libICE, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libSM, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libX11, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libXaw, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libXext, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libXi, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libXmu, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libXrender, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libXt, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libXtst, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libXvMC, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/xtrans and $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/locale

Short Descriptions

cxpm

checks the format of an XPM file.

sxpm

shows an XPM file and/or converts XPM 1 or 2 files to XPM 3.

libdmx.so

is the X Window System DMX (Distributed Multihead X) extension library.

libfontenc.so

is the X11 font encoding library.

libFS.so

is the library interface to the X Font Server.

libICE.so

is the X Inter Client Exchange Library.

libpciaccess.so

is the generic PCI Access library for X.

libSM.so

is the X Session Management Library.

libX11.so

is the Xlib Library.

libXaw6.so

is the X Athena Widgets Library, version 6.

libXaw7.so

is the X Athena Widgets Library, version 7.

libXaw.so

are symbolic links to the current X Athena Widgets Library, version 7.

libXcomposite.so

is the X Composite Library.

libXcursor.so

is the X Cursor management library.

libXdamage.so

is the X Damage Library.

libXext.so

is the Misc X Extension Library.

libXfixes.so

provides augmented versions of core protocol requests.

libXfont.so

is the X font library.

libXft.so

is the X FreeType interface library.

libXinerama.so

is the Xinerama Library.

libXi.so

is the X Input Extension Library.

libxkbfile.so

is the xkbfile Library.

libXmu.so

is the X interface library for miscellaneous utilities not part of the Xlib standard.

libXmuu.so

is the Mini Xmu Library.

libXpm.so

is the X Pixmap Library.

libXrandr.so

is the X Resize, Rotate and Reflection extension library.

libXrender.so

is the X Render Library.

libXRes.so

is the X-Resource extension client library.

libXss.so

is the X11 Screen Saver extension client library.

libXt.so

is the X Toolkit Library.

libXtst.so

is the Xtst Library.

libXvMC.so

is the X-Video Motion Compensation Library.

libXvMCW.so

is the XvMC Wrapper including the Nonstandard VLD extension.

libXv.so

is the X Window System video extension library.

libXxf86dga.so

is the client library for the XFree86-DGA extension.

libXxf86vm.so

is the client library for the XFree86-VidMode X extension.

Last updated on 2013-04-07 10:08:27 +0000