Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 8.0

Chapter 24. X Window System Environment

Xorg Applications

Introduction to Xorg Applications

The Xorg applications provide the expected applications available in previous X Window implementations.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.0 platform.

Package Information

Xorg Applications Dependencies

Required

libpng-1.6.28, Mesa-13.0.4, xbitmaps-1.1.1, and xcb-util-0.4.0

Optional

Linux-PAM-1.3.0 and both cairo-5c and Nickle (only if you wish to try to run the undocumented xkeyhost script).

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xorg7Applications

Downloading Xorg Applications

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 > app-7.md5 << "EOF"
25dab02f8e40d5b71ce29a07dc901b8c  iceauth-1.0.7.tar.bz2
c4a3664e08e5a47c120ff9263ee2f20c  luit-1.1.1.tar.bz2
18c429148c96c2079edda922a2b67632  mkfontdir-1.0.7.tar.bz2
9bdd6ebfa62b1bbd474906ac86a40fd8  mkfontscale-1.1.2.tar.bz2
e238c89dabc566e1835e1ecb61b605b9  sessreg-1.1.0.tar.bz2
2c47a1b8e268df73963c4eb2316b1a89  setxkbmap-1.3.1.tar.bz2
3a93d9f0859de5d8b65a68a125d48f6a  smproxy-1.0.6.tar.bz2
f0b24e4d8beb622a419e8431e1c03cd7  x11perf-1.6.0.tar.bz2
f3f76cb10f69b571c43893ea6a634aa4  xauth-1.0.10.tar.bz2
0066f23f69ca3ef62dcaeb74a87fdc48  xbacklight-1.2.1.tar.bz2
9956d751ea3ae4538c3ebd07f70736a0  xcmsdb-1.0.5.tar.bz2
b58a87e6cd7145c70346adad551dba48  xcursorgen-1.0.6.tar.bz2
8809037bd48599af55dad81c508b6b39  xdpyinfo-1.3.2.tar.bz2
fceddaeb08e32e027d12a71490665866  xdriinfo-1.0.5.tar.bz2
249bdde90f01c0d861af52dc8fec379e  xev-1.2.2.tar.bz2
90b4305157c2b966d5180e2ee61262be  xgamma-1.0.6.tar.bz2
f5d490738b148cb7f2fe760f40f92516  xhost-1.0.7.tar.bz2
6a889412eff2e3c1c6bb19146f6fe84c  xinput-1.6.2.tar.bz2
a4d8353daf6cb0a9c47379b7413c42c6  xkbcomp-1.3.1.tar.bz2
c747faf1f78f5a5962419f8bdd066501  xkbevd-1.1.4.tar.bz2
502b14843f610af977dffc6cbf2102d5  xkbutils-1.0.4.tar.bz2
0ae6bc2a8d3af68e9c76b1a6ca5f7a78  xkill-1.0.4.tar.bz2
5dcb6e6c4b28c8d7aeb45257f5a72a7d  xlsatoms-1.1.2.tar.bz2
9fbf6b174a5138a61738a42e707ad8f5  xlsclients-1.1.3.tar.bz2
2dd5ae46fa18abc9331bc26250a25005  xmessage-1.0.4.tar.bz2
723f02d3a5f98450554556205f0a9497  xmodmap-1.0.9.tar.bz2
6101f04731ffd40803df80eca274ec4b  xpr-1.0.4.tar.bz2
fae3d2fda07684027a643ca783d595cc  xprop-1.2.2.tar.bz2
ebffac98021b8f1dc71da0c1918e9b57  xrandr-1.5.0.tar.bz2
b54c7e3e53b4f332d41ed435433fbda0  xrdb-1.1.0.tar.bz2
a896382bc53ef3e149eaf9b13bc81d42  xrefresh-1.0.5.tar.bz2
dcd227388b57487d543cab2fd7a602d7  xset-1.2.3.tar.bz2
7211b31ec70631829ebae9460999aa0b  xsetroot-1.1.1.tar.bz2
558360176b718dee3c39bc0648c0d10c  xvinfo-1.1.3.tar.bz2
6b5d48464c5f366e91efd08b62b12d94  xwd-1.0.6.tar.bz2
b777bafb674555e48fd8437618270931  xwininfo-1.1.3.tar.bz2
3025b152b4f13fdffd0c46d0be587be6  xwud-1.0.4.tar.bz2
EOF

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

mkdir app &&
cd app &&
grep -v '^#' ../app-7.md5 | awk '{print $2}' | wget -i- -c \
    -B http://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/ &&
md5sum -c ../app-7.md5

Installation of Xorg Applications

[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-1.8.19p2 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 packages by running the following commands: 

for package in $(grep -v '^#' ../app-7.md5 | awk '{print $2}')
do
  packagedir=${package%.tar.bz2}
  tar -xf $package
  pushd $packagedir
  case $packagedir in
    luit-[0-9]* )
      line1="#ifdef _XOPEN_SOURCE"
      line2="#  undef _XOPEN_SOURCE"
      line3="#  define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600"
      line4="#endif"

      sed -i -e "s@#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H@$line1\n$line2\n$line3\n$line4\n\n&@" sys.c
      unset line1 line2 line3 line4
    ;;
    sessreg-* )
      sed -e 's/\$(CPP) \$(DEFS)/$(CPP) -P $(DEFS)/' -i man/Makefile.in
    ;;
  esac
  ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
  make
  as_root make install
  popd
  rm -rf $packagedir
done

Finally, exit the shell that was started earlier: 

exit

Unless you installed the optional dependencies, remove an undocumented script which is reported to be broken (xkeystone provided by the xrandr package). 

as_root rm -f $XORG_PREFIX/bin/xkeystone

Command Explanations

sed -e 's/\$(CPP) \$(DEFS)/$(CPP) -P $(DEFS)/' -i man/Makefile.in: with gcc-5 the behaviour of cpp was changed to emit line numbers. That results in unterminated sed commands in filenames.sed. Adding -P restores the old behaviour.

Contents

Installed Programs: iceauth, luit, mkfontdir, mkfontscale, sessreg, setxkbmap, smproxy, x11perf, x11perfcomp, xauth, xbacklight, xcmsdb, xcursorgen, xdpr, xdpyinfo, xdriinfo, xev, xgamma, xhost, xinput, xkbbell, xkbcomp, xkbevd, xkbvleds, xkbwatch, xkill, xlsatoms, xlsclients, xmessage, xmodmap, xpr, xprop, xrandr, xrdb, xrefresh, xset, xsetroot, xvinfo, xwd, xwininfo, and xwud
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

iceauth

is the ICE authority file utility.

luit

provides locale and ISO 2022 support for Unicode terminals.

mkfontdir

creates an index of X font files in a directory.

mkfontscale

creates an index of scalable font files for X.

sessreg

manages utmp/wtmp entries for non-init clients.

setxkbmap

sets the keyboard using the X Keyboard Extension.

smproxy

is the Session Manager Proxy.

x11perf

is an X11 server performance test program.

x11perfcomp

is an X11 server performance comparison program.

xauth

is the X authority file utility.

xbacklight

adjusts backlight brightness using RandR extension.

xcmsdb

is the Device Color Characterization utility for the X Color Management System.

xcursorgen

creates an X cursor file from a collection of PNG images.

xdpr

dumps an X window directly to a printer.

xdpyinfo

is a display information utility for X.

xdriinfo

queries configuration information of DRI drivers.

xev

prints contents of X events.

xgamma

alters a monitor's gamma correction through the X server.

xhost

is a server access control program for X.

xinput

is a utility to configure and test X input devices.

xkbbell

is an XKB utility program that raises a bell event.

xkbcomp

compiles an XKB keyboard description.

xkbevd

is the XKB event daemon.

xkbvleds

shows the XKB status of keyboard LEDs.

xkbwatch

monitors modifier keys and LEDs.

xkill

kills a client by its X resource.

xlsatoms

lists interned atoms defined on the server.

xlsclients

lists client applications running on a display.

xmessage

displays a message or query in a window.

xmodmap

is a utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button mappings in X.

xpr

prints an X window dump.

xprop

is a property displayer for X.

xrandr

is a primitive command line interface to RandR extension.

xrdb

is the X server resource database utility.

xrefresh

refreshes all or part of an X screen.

xset

is the user preference utility for X.

xsetroot

is the root window parameter setting utility for X.

xvinfo

prints out X-Video extension adaptor information.

xwd

dumps an image of an X window.

xwininfo

is a window information utility for X.

xwud

is an image displayer for X.

Last updated on 2017-02-15 14:01:44 -0800