Contents
Installed Programs:
xinit and startx
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
None
xinit-1.4.1
Introduction to xinit
The xinit package contains a usable script to start the xserver.
This package is not a part of the Xorg katamari and is provided only as a dependency to other packages or for testing the completed Xorg installation.
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Note
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the book.
Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://www.x.org/pub/individual/app/xinit-1.4.1.tar.bz2
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Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xinit-1.4.1.tar.bz2
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Download MD5 sum: 6d506ab2efc17a08e87778654e099d37
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Download size: 178 KB
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Estimated disk space required: 1.5 MB
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Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
xinit Dependencies
Required
Recommended (runtime only)
twm-1.0.12,
xclock-1.1.1, and xterm-372 (used in the default
xinitrc file)
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xinit
Installation of xinit
Install xinit by running the following commands:
./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xinitdir=/etc/X11/app-defaults && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install && ldconfig