Providing packages for major distros

[FinGu]

What are your plans on providing packages for major distros?

I'd love for it to be possible to use it on Ubuntu or any other major distro without having to compile

[reaperx7]

ArchLinux packages are already being worked on in the AUR. With time, the Arch devs might pull it into main once we get official releases.

[Samueru-sama]

It's already in the Artix repo btw.

[reaperx7]

I would suggest talking with Patrick Volkerding, Robby Workman, and Eric Hamleers at Slackware to see if they can introduce it for their end.

[FinGu]

any plans on a gentoo package?

[ToneyFoxxy]

It's already in the Artix repo btw.

"In the Artix repo" isn't the whole story though, sadly in most cases installing this on bare metal is going to end in breaking your dependency tree at the very least. That's why it's in the hidden Goblins repo. This is the first time in my life I wished I could understand C code

[vuatech]

OpenMandriva is using it on the dev branch for default as of now. Haven't fully tested it but day yo day task are working for latest plasma 6 version

[Samueru-sama]

It's already in the Artix repo btw.

"In the Artix repo" isn't the whole story though, sadly in most cases installing this on bare metal is going to end in breaking your dependency tree at the very least. That's why it's in the hidden Goblins repo. This is the first time in my life I wished I could understand C code

I've been using it since wednesday and it is all working good.

I had some issues with my mouse cursor being smaller but that was fixed after I installed xlibre-xf86-video-amdgpu, not 100% sure if it was that what fixed it, since I had a different regression in the kernel that affected zramen I had to rollback my current btrfs snapshot, after adding xlibre again the issue was fixed lol.

But yeah it is all working good, including my custom xrandr commands that let me merge the 3 displays I have into one, as well as the custom refresh rate I use.

[ghost]

It's already in the Artix repo btw.

"In the Artix repo" isn't the whole story though, sadly in most cases installing this on bare metal is going to end in breaking your dependency tree at the very least. That's why it's in the hidden Goblins repo. This is the first time in my life I wished I could understand C code

It's not hidden, neither the source nor the packages.

artist

[reaperx7]

Not sure if anyone is up to it, mainly because I'm still learning the AUR system, but xlibre binary packages in AUR for all xorg replacement packages including all the DDX drivers would be beneficial.

[ToneyFoxxy]

I've been using it since wednesday and it is all working good.

I had some issues with my mouse cursor being smaller but that was fixed after I installed xlibre-xf86-video-amdgpu, not 100% sure if it was that what fixed it, since I had a different regression in the kernel that affected zramen I had to rollback my current btrfs snapshot, after adding xlibre again the issue was fixed lol.

But yeah it is all working good, including my custom xrandr commands that let me merge the 3 displays I have into one, as well as the custom refresh rate I use.

I never said it doesn't work, I said it will break your dep tree in most cases

It's not hidden, neither the source nor the packages.

artist

1: You need to add the galaxy-goblins repo to pacman.conf manually (As opposed to just uncommenting it)
2: The galaxy-goblins repo is not listed on https://packages.artixlinux.org/packages/

Either one of these would be enough to consider it hidden, but both are true. By default it is not discoverable. Hidden is not a synonym with privileged, if that's what you thought the word meant

[reaperx7]

I notified Slackware today:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/requests-for-current-next-15-0-15-1-a-4175706801/page532.html#post6575832

[ONykyf]

This was a discussion only, and I decided to modify Slackware-current X11 build tree to build X11Libre instead of XOrg. Here is the result:

GitHub repository

At least it builds the entire X11 tree (or server + drivers only) and makes an upgrade of the system (if UPGRADE_SYSTEM=no is not set).

[Lethja]

any plans on a gentoo package?

Seconding this but https://github.com/X11Libre/ports-gentoo seems to be an answer in itself.

[callmetango]

any plans on a gentoo package?

Seconding this but https://github.com/X11Libre/ports-gentoo seems to be an answer in itself.

@FinGu @Lethja The XLibre portage overlay is ready over there and there is a README as well. You are welcome to use it, burn your CPUs and GPUs, bug us and request merges. ;-)

[ghost]

The Xlibre 25.0.0.0 packages for Artix Linux have just been moved to repo galaxy-gremlins for testing. https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Site/XlibreOnArtix has the related info.
The pkgbuilds can be found here (when merged): https://github.com/X11Libre/ports-artix

[FinGu]

Thanks!!

[ghost]

The Xlibre 25.0.0.0 packages for Artix Linux have just been moved to repo galaxy-gremlins for testing. https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Site/XlibreOnArtix has the related info. The pkgbuilds can be found here (when merged): https://github.com/X11Libre/ports-artix

For repo xlibre/ports-artix I had created a fork with all the pkgbuild and related files and a readme explaining these could be used for Artix and all other Arch derivatives and Arch itself (as I had made them generic), and created a PR. Unfortunately X11Libre/xserver#137 (comment) shows AUR is to be used and in that case https://github.com/X11Libre/ports-artix can be removed.

[chrisdebian]

Worth checking here, occasionally, but some distros may use a slightly different package name.

[callmetango]

Things improved quite a lot so please have a look at X11Libre Xlibre On Other Distributions · Discussions · GitHub and it's "surroundings".

[RotaryBoot58]

So I'm working in making it available on Void Linux with my personal third party repository, (yes I know and have received a lot of valid critics about security and other stuff so let's skip it and use it if you want). for the time being it is being build like the original X11 but it is working for me.

If anyone is interested in trying it out here is the repo: https://codeberg.org/RotaryBoot58/vpim

Feel free to report, contribute or help in anyway. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but I'm willing to help.

[callmetango]

@RotaryBoot58 Regarding your repository: Would you like to maintain the packages there for the next time? And how would you assess the current status and usability? Would you say it's more “under construction” or “ready to go,” or somewhere in between?

I am asking because we really like to support anyone packaging XLibre as we have done already e.g. for X11Libre Xlibre On Arch Linux · Discussions · GitHub and X11Libre Xlibre On Freebsd · Discussions · GitHub. So if you agree, we would like to set up a discussion category for "XLibre on Void Linux". This would generate more visibility and also attract other users and contributors.

[RotaryBoot58]

Is ready for basic usage, I'm fixing some build problems for other packages such as the xf86 modules. the basic xlibre-server is ready to be used. (I even installed firefox and bspwm and everything is running smoothly)

I would live to maintain it and keep everything up to date <3

[callmetango]

Excellent! I just created the dedicated X11Libre Xlibre On Void Linux · Discussions · GitHub category and a welcoming message as well. Please create any discussion threads using New Discussion · XLibre on Void Linux · X11Libre as you see fit.

Your Void Linux repository was also added to the "third-party support" section at Are We XLibre Yet? · X11Libre/xserver Wiki in change 44acf32f...1646bcd9 - Compare revisions · X11Libre/xserver Wiki

In case you need any help or have questions just ping me.

[RotaryBoot58]

I reported an issue on the xf86-input-evdev repository for better building clarification since I'm struggling with it a bit, maybe a skill issue of mine and not related to the project itself.

That's the only problem that I find myself in, helping on it would be nice to make them show up in more repositories for other distros too.

[callmetango]

I reported an issue on the xf86-input-evdev repository for better building clarification since I'm struggling with it a bit, maybe a skill issue of mine and not related to the project itself.

Nice! I moved your Build instructions for the xf86 modules · Issue #318 · X11Libre/misc to Issues · X11Libre/misc since it affects the whole project.

[apebl]

Debian repo is here: https://github.com/xlibre-deb/debian

Supports Debian 13 (trixie) and newer, for amd64 and arm64.

[callmetango]

@apebl Very cool! I've seen you working on it at https://github.com/xlibre-deb-wip be didn't want to disturb you. Having Debian packages opens a whole lot of possibilties and where requested quite a few times.

Regarding your repository: Would you like to maintain the packages there for the next time? And how would you assess the current status and usability? Would you say it's more “under construction” or “ready to go,” or somewhere in between?

I am asking because we really like to support anyone packaging XLibre as we have done already e.g. for X11Libre Xlibre On Arch Linux · Discussions · GitHub and X11Libre Xlibre On Freebsd · Discussions · GitHub. So if you agree, we would like to set up a discussion category for "XLibre on Debian Linux". This would generate more visibility and also attract other users and contributors.

[pugly-tech]

Are you able to make a repo for Ubuntu 25.04? 25.04 and above have new enough packages that it compiles and builds correctly using the meson build/ninja instructions with the following packages added

autoconf automake build-essential cmake git libbsd-dev libdrm-dev libepoxy-dev libgl-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libpciaccess-dev libpixman-1-dev libtool libudev-dev libx11-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-util-dev libxcb1-dev libxcvt-dev libxext-dev libxfont-dev libxinerama-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbfile-dev libxpresent-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libxshmfence-dev mesa-common-dev meson ninja-build pkg-config sudo x11proto-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-present-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev xtrans-dev xutils-dev

[apebl]

@callmetango I believe the repository is ready to go. I will continue to maintain it, although additional maintainers may be needed in the future. Yes, please create the discussion category. Perhaps “XLibre on Debian/Ubuntu”?

[apebl]

@pugly-tech Ubuntu repo is also ready now: https://github.com/xlibre-deb/ubuntu

[callmetango]

@apebl

@callmetango I believe the repository is ready to go. I will continue to maintain it, although additional maintainers may be needed in the future. Yes, please create the discussion category. Perhaps “XLibre on Debian/Ubuntu”?

I just created the dedicated X11Libre Xlibre On Debian · Discussions · GitHub resp. X11Libre Xlibre On Ubuntu · Discussions · GitHub categories and welcoming messages as well. Please create any discussion threads using New Discussion · XLibre on Debian · X11Libre resp. New Discussion · XLibre on Ubuntu · X11Libre as you see fit.

I've also added links to the discussions to Are We XLibre Yet? · X11Libre/xserver Wiki in change 696a6012...57c62253 · Compare revisions · X11Libre/xserver Wiki.

In case you need any help or have questions just ping me.

Ps.

although additional maintainers may be needed in the future

Yes, we will try to acquire further interested people.