Xorg7/Libraries

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Introduction to Xorg7/Libraries

There are forty-four libraries. Similar to the protocols, using wget and appending a *.bz2 or *.gz to the base URL above is probably the most efficient way to get the tarballs on your system.

Alternately, if you chose to use subdirectories, the tarballs can be retrieved as follows. This will prevent multiple versions from being downloaded when multiple versions exist.

wget https://cblfs.clfs.org/Special:Filepath/Lib-20101205.wget &&
cd lib &&
wget -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/ -i ../Lib-20101205.wget

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Dependencies

The X.org libraries require their respective protocols to be installed first. Although not necessary, it is recommended that all of the protocol headers are installed before the libraries.

There are some dependency orders in the libraries. xtrans, Xau, Xdmcp must be installed before anything else. libXext must be installed before any other extension library. The list following is a successful build order for the Xorg libraries. Assuming all of the protocol headers were previously installed, additional dependencies, if they exist, are listed.

Xorg Library	Required	Recommended	Optional
xtrans
libXau
libXdmcp
libX11	xtrans, libXdmcp, libXau	XCB
libXext	libX11
libAppleWM	libX11, libXext
libFS	xtrans
libICE	xtrans
libSM	libICE
libWindowsWM	libX11
libXScrnSaver	libX11, libXext
libXt	libX11, libSM
libXTrap	libX11, libXt
libXmu	libX11, libXt
libXpm	libXt
libXp	libX11
libXaw	libXext, libXmu, libXpm, libXp
libXfixes	libX11
libXcomposite	libXfixes
libXrender	libX11
libXcursor	libXrender
libXdamage	libX11
libXevie
libfontenc
libXfont	libfontenc, FreeType
libXfontcache	libX11, libXext
libXft	FreeType, FontConfig, libXrender
libXi
libXinerama	libX11
libXprintUtil	libX11, libXp
libXprintAppUtil	libX11, libXprintUtil
libXrandr	libX11
libXres	libX11
libXtst	libX11
libXv	libX11
libXvMC	libX11
libXxf86dga
libXxf86misc
libXxf86vm	libX11, libXext
libdmx	libX11
liblbxutil
liboldX	libX11
libxkbfile	libX11
libxkbui	libX11

Configuration Information

Besides the 'standard' optional features, the following libraries have additional optional features that you may wish to enable or disable.

libXau	--disable-xthreads	disable libXau support for multithreading.
libX11	--enable-secure-rpc	enable secure RPC.
	--enable-loadable-i18n	controls loadable i18n module support.
	--disable-loadable-xcursor	controls loadable xcursor library support.
	--disable-xthreads	disable Xlib support for multithreading.
	--disable-xcms	disable Xlib support for CMS (EXPERIMENTAL)
	--disable-xlocale	disable Xlib locale implementation (EXPERIMENTAL)
	--enable-xlocaledir	enable XLOCALEDIR environment variable support.
	--disable-xf86bigfont	disable XF86BigFont extension support.
	--disable-xkb	disable XKB support (EXPERIMENTAL)
libFS	--enable-tcp-transport	enable TCP socket transport.
	--enable-IPv6	enable IPv6 support.
libICE	--enable-tcp-transport	enable TCP socket transport.
	--enable-IPv6	enable IPv6 support.
libSM	--enable-tcp-transport	enable TCP socket transport.
	--enable-IPv6	enable IPv6 support.
libXt	--disable-xkb	disable XKB support.
	--disable-install-makestrs	disable installing makestrs.
libXmu	--enable-tcp-transport	enable TCP socket transport.
	--enable-IPv6	enable IPv6 support.
libXpm	--enable-stat-zfile	don't search for files with .Z & .gz extensions automatically.
libXaw	--disable-xaw6	disable building of libXaw.so.6
	--disable-xaw7	disable building of libXaw.so.7
	--disable-xaw8	disable building of libXaw.so.8
libXcursor	--with-icondir=<path>	set default icon directory (default: ${datadir}/icons).
	--with-cursorpath=<paths>	set default search path for cursors.
libXfont	--disable-freetype	disable freetype support.
	--enable-type1	enable type1 font support.
	--disable-speedo	disable speedo font support.
	--disable-pcfformat
	--disable-bdfformat	disable pcf, bdf, or snf font format.
	--disable-snfformat
	--enable-tcp-transport	enable TCP socket transport.
	--enable-IPv6	enable IPv6 support.

Non-Multilib

Compile each library as follows:

./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
make

Install each library as follows:

make install

Note

After installing all of the libraries run ldconfig.

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the library.

PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32}" CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD32}" \
./configure $XORG_CONFIG32 &&
make

Install the library.

make install

For libXft

mv /usr/bin/xft-config{,-32}

N32

Compile the library.

PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATHN32}" CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" CXX="g++ ${BUILDN32}" \
./configure $XORG_CONFIGN32 &&
make

Install the library.

make install

For libXFt

mv /usr/bin/xft-config{,-n32}

64Bit

Compile the library.

PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" \
./configure $XORG_CONFIG64 &&
make

Install the library.

make install

For libXFt

mv /usr/bin/xft-config{,-64}
ln -sv multiarch_wrapper /usr/bin/xft-config

Note

After installing all of the libraries run ldconfig.

Semi-Automated Build

These automated build instructions assume that you are using subdirectories as discussed in the introduction. You must also have an unaltered copy of Lib-20101205.wget in the main working directory (xc). This file lists each library in an order that ensures dependencies are satisfied.

After entering the lib subdirectory and downloading the tarballs, unpack the packages:

for i in *.tar.bz2; do
  tar xjvf $i;
done

Non-Multilib

Build and install each library:

for dir in `sed "s/.tar.bz2//g" ../Lib-20101205.wget`; do
  cd ${dir} &&
  ./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
  make &&
  make install &&
  cd ..;
done

Multilib

Build and install each library:

for dir in `sed "s/.tar.bz2//g" ../Lib-20101205.wget`; do
   cd ${dir} &&
   PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH32}" CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD32}" \
  ./configure $XORG_CONFIG32 &&
  make &&
  make install &&
  make distclean &&
  PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" \
  ./configure $XORG_CONFIG64 &&
  make &&
  make install &&
  cd ..;
done

Next install libdrm

Contents

Each Xorg library installs one or more set of libraries (*.so,la,a) files. Rather than listing all of the files installed, a listing of the 44 library packages and a short description of each follows. For the interested party, a link to a list of the directories, programs, and libraries installed by all Xorg-7.1 library packages is also provided. The 44 library packages, listed in build order, with a short description are:

Xorg Library	File List	Short Description
xtrans	xtrans	Transport (protocol) table. Contains a definition for every transport (protocol) family. All operations that can be made on the transport go through this table.
libXau	libXau	The main interface to the X11 authorization handling, which controls authorization for X connections, both client-side and server-side.
libXdmcp	libXdmcp	The main interface to the X11 display manager control protocol library, which allows for remote logins to display managers.
libX11	libX11	The main client interface to the X Window System and is otherwise known as 'Xlib'. It provides a complete API for the basic functions of the window system.
libXext	libXext	Provides an X Window System client interface to several extensions to the X protocol. libXext also provides a small set of utility functions to aid authors of client APIs for X protocol extensions.
libAppleWM
libWindowsWM	libWindowsWM
libdmx	libdmx	The interface to the DMX extension for X, which allows a single server to be set up as a proxy spanning multiple servers -- not unlike Xinerama across discrete physical machines. It can be reconfigured on the fly to change the layout, and it is presented as a single logical display to clients. libdmx allows clients to configure the layout of DMX servers by adding and removing screens, input devices, et al.
libfontenc	libfontenc	The font encodings library.
libFS	libFS	Provides various functions useful to X11 font servers, and clients connecting to font servers. It is not used outside of these implementations.
libICE	libICE	The inter-client exchange library.
liblbxutil	liblbxutil	Contains header files and documentation for the XFIXES extension.
liboldX	liboldX	Association table libraries.
libSM	libSM	Provides the main interface to the X11 Session Management library, which allows for applications to both manage sessions, and make use of session managers to save and restore their state for later use.
libXt	libXt	Provides the X Toolkit Intrinsics, an abstract widget library upon which other toolkits are based. Xt is the basis for many toolkits, including the Athena widgets (Xaw), and LessTif (a Motif implementation).
libXmu	libXmu	Provides a set of miscellaneous utility convenience functions for X libraries to use.
libXpm	libXpm	Provides support and common operation for the XPM pixmap format, which is commonly used in legacy X applications. XPM is an extension of the monochrome XBM bitmap specified in the X protocol.
libXp	libXp	Provides public APIs to allow client applications to render to non-display devices, making use of the X Print Service.
libXaw	libXaw	Provides the original version of Xaw, the Athena Widgets tookit, which is largely used by legacy X applications. Within the Xaw series, version 6 is itself considered deprecated; version 7 is in most common usage. In general, use of a more modern toolkit such as GTK+ is recommended.
libXfixes	libXfixes	Provides an X Window System client interface to the 'XFIXES' extension to the X protocol. It provides support for Region types, and some cursor functions.
libXcomposite	libXcomposite	Provides an X Window System client interface to the Composite extension to the X protocol. The Composite extension allows clients called compositing managers to control the final drawing of the screen. Rendering is done into an off-screen buffer.
libXrender	libXrender	The X Rendering Extension (Render) introduces digital image composition as the foundation of a new rendering model within the X Window System. Rendering geometric figures is accomplished by client-side tesselation into either triangles or trapezoids. Text is drawn by loading glyphs into the server and rendering sets of them. The Xrender library exposes this extension to X clients. This package provides a static library and C header files.
libXdamage	libXdamage	Provides an X Window System client interface to the DAMAGE extension to the X protocol. The Damage extension provides for notification of when on-screen regions have been 'damaged' (altered).
libXcursor	libXcursor	The header files and a static version of the X cursor management library are provided by this package.
libXevie	libXevie	Provides an X Window System client interface to the EvIE extension to the X protocol. The EvIE (Event Interception Extension) allows for clients to be able to intercept all events coming through the server and then decide what to do with them, including being able to modify or discard events.
libXfont	libXfont	Libraries for different font types.
libXfontcache	libXfontcache
libXft	libXft	Provides a client-side font API for X applications, making the FreeType font rasterizer available to X clients. Fontconfig is used for font specification resolution. Where available, the RENDER extension handles glyph drawing; otherwise, the core X protocol is used.
libXi	libXi	Provides an X Window System client interface to the XINPUT extension to the X protocol. The Input extension allows setup and configuration of multiple input devices, and will soon allow hotplugging of input devices; to be added and removed on the fly.
libXinerama	libXinerama	Provides an X Window System client interface to the XINERAMA extension to the X protocol. The Xinerama (also known as panoramiX) extension allows for multiple screens attached to a single display to be treated as belonging together, and to give desktop applications a better idea of the monitor layout. Required for dual monitor support.
libxkbfile	libxkbfile	Provides an interface to read and manipulate description files for XKB, the X11 keyboard configuration extension.
libxkbui	libxkbui	Provides an interface to easily present XKB layouts as graphical widgets.
libXprintUtil	libXprintUtil	Provides utility Xpu APIs allowing client applications to access and manipulate information about printer capabilities from an Xprint server.
libXprintAppUtil	libXprintAppUtil	Provides utility Xpau APIs allowing client applications to access information about and control Xprint jobs from an Xprint server.
libXrandr	libXrandr	Provides an X Window System client interface to the RandR extension to the X protocol. The RandR extension allows for run-time configuration of display attributes such as resolution, rotation, and reflection.
libXres	libXres	Provides an X Window System client interface to the Resource extension to the X protocol. The Resource extension allows for X clients to see and monitor the X resource usage of various clients (pixmaps, et al).
libXScrnSaver	libXScrnSaver
libXTrap	libXTrap	Provides an interface to the DEC-XTRAP extension, which allows for capture and synthesis of core input events.
libXtst	libXtst	Provides an X Window System client interface to the Record extension to the X protocol. The Record extension allows X clients to synthesise input events, which is useful for automated testing.
libXv	libXv	Provides an X Window System client interface to the XVideo extension to the X protocol. The XVideo extension allows for accelerated drawing of videos. Hardware adaptors are exposed to clients, which may draw in a number of colourspaces, including YUV.
libXvMC	libXvMC	Provides an X Window System client interface to the XVideo-MotionCompensation extension to the X protocol. The XVideo-MotionCompensation extension allows for further accelerated drawing of videos. Video data may be sent at earlier stages of the decoding pipeline than raw YUV data.
libXxf86dga	libXxf86dga	Provides the XFree86-DGA extension, which allows direct graphics access to a framebuffer-like region, and also allows relative mouse reporting, et al. It is mainly used by games and emulators for games.
libXxf86misc	libXxf86misc	Provides an interface to the XFree86-Misc extension, which allows client applications to query the current keyboard and mouse settings of the running XFree86-based (XFree86, Xorg) server.
libXxf86vm	libXxf86vm	Provides an interface to the XFree86-VidModeExtension extension, which allows client applications to get and set video mode timings in extensive detail. It is used by the xvidtune program in particular.