Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 23. X Window System Environment

XKeyboardConfig-2.0

Introduction to XKeyboardConfig

The XKeyboardConfig package contains the keyboard configuration database for the X Window System.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

XKeyboardConfig Dependencies

Required

intltool-0.50.0 and Xorg Applications

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xkeyboard-config

Installation of XKeyboardConfig

Install XKeyboardConfig by running the following commands: 

./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xkb-rules-symlink=xorg &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
install -dv -m755 $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/xkeyboard-config-2.0 &&
install -v -m644 docs/{README,HOWTO}* \
    $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/xkeyboard-config-2.0

Command Explanations

--with-xkb-rules-symlink=xorg: By default, the XKB rules installed are named "base". This creates symlinks named "xorg" to those rules, which is the default name used by Xorg.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: $XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/xkb, $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/xkeyboard-config-2.0

Last updated on 2011-12-06 19:16:56 +0000