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Building XLibre
This page will describe how to obtain the XLibre Xserver from your distribution and how to build it from source.
Please bear with us that the content here is a work in progress (WIP). If you already built the XLibre Xserver from source then please feel free to add the missing parts.
You can either download a release from Releases · X11Libre/xserver or use Git to clone the project sources like so:
git clone https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver.gitThere are quite a few dependencies that must be available before building the XLibre Xserver. These vary by the distribution you use as shown below. Right now, only the Debian/Devuan dependencies are explicitly known.
apt-get install 11proto-dev xtrans-dev libpixman-1-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev \
libxfont-dev libxcvt-dev libdrm-dev libeproxy-dev libepoxy-dev \
x11proto-present-dev x11proto-dev libxkbfile-dev libudev-dev libxshmfence-dev \
libbsd-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu-mesa-dev \
libglu1-mesa-dev libgl-dev libdrm-dev xutils-devAfter cloning the Xserver repository or unpacking the sources, change into the source directory and run the Meson build tool:
cd "<source dir of xserver>"
meson setup <prefix> build <meson_options>
ninja -C buildYou may specify the install <prefix> with for example --prefix="$(pwd)/image" and add build time <meson_options> like so: -Dxnest=false.
After compiling the sources you can install the compiled binaries by running:
sudo ninja -C build installAfter the successful installation you can find the XLibre Xserver at <prefix>/usr/local/bin/X.
WIP To run the Xserver you need some drivers in the <prefix>/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/xlibre-....