source: x/installing/libinput.xml@ c2da37d

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  <!ENTITY libinput-version "1.13.1">

  <!ENTITY libinput-download-http "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput/libinput-&libinput-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY libinput-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libinput-md5sum        "869a7e68c4290d99868500a369645def">
  <!ENTITY libinput-size          "520 KB">
  <!ENTITY libinput-buildsize     "10 MB">
  <!ENTITY libinput-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect2 id="libinput" xreflabel="libinput-&libinput-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libinput.html"?>

  <sect2info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy: renodr $</othername>
    <date>$Date: 2015-09-14 17:42:53 -0500 (Mon, 14 Sep 2015) $</date>
  </sect2info>

  <title>libinput-&libinput-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libinput">
    <primary sortas="a-libinput">libinput</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect3 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libinput</title>

    <para>
      <application>libinput</application> is a library that handles
      input devices for display servers and other applications that
      need to directly deal with input devices.
    </para>

    &lfs84_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libinput-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libinput-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libinput-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libinput-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libinput-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libinput-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">libinput Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="libevdev"/> and
      <xref linkend="mtdev"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (to run the tests), 
      <ulink url="http://sphinx-doc.org/">Sphinx</ulink> (required to build documentation),
      <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (to build the GUI event viewer),
      <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/">libunwind</ulink> (required for tests),
      <ulink revision="sysv" url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/files/libwacom/">libwacom</ulink>
      <xref revision="systemd" linkend="libwacom"/>
      <!-- commas outside the rev get rendered on either version -->
      , and
      <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/pyparsing/">PyParsing</ulink> (for one non-root test)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libinput"/>
    </para>
  </sect3>

  <sect3 role="kernel" id="libinput-kernel">
    <title>kernel configuration for running the libinput testsuite</title>

    <para>
      Although libinput works with the same kernel configuration used by <xref
      linkend="libevdev"/>, its extensive testsuite requires the presence of
      <filename>/dev/uinput</filename>  (as well as both <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
      and <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/">libunwind</ulink>).
    </para>

    <para>
      If you wish to run the full tests, enable the following option in the kernel
      configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary:
    </para>

<screen><literal>Device Drivers ---&gt;
  Input device support ---&gt;
    Miscellaneous Devices ---&gt;
    &lt;*/M&gt;   User level driver support        [CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT]</literal></screen>

    <para>
      If you build this as a module, it needs to be inserted before the testsuite
      runs.
    </para>

    <para>
      On an Xorg system you will also need to prevent the events generated
      during the testsuite from interfering with your desktop.  Copy the
      file <filename>test/50-litest.conf</filename> into
      <filename class="directory"> ${XORG_PREFIX}/share/X11/xorg.conf.d</filename>
      and restart X. For further information see
      <ulink url="https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/&libinput-version;/test-suite.html">libinput test suite</ulink>.
    </para>

    <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-kernel">
      <primary sortas="d-libinput">libinput</primary>
    </indexterm>
  </sect3>

  <sect3 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libinput</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>libinput</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
      -Dudev-dir=/lib/udev  \
      -Ddebug-gui=false     \
      -Dtests=false         \
      -Ddocumentation=false \
      -Dlibwacom=false      \
      ..                    &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>If you want to run the full tests, remove -Dtests from the
      <command>meson</command> command above. Please read "kernel configuration
      for running the libinput testsuite" (above).
      </para>

      <para>
        If you have enabled the full tests, you can run the main tests
        <emphasis>as the root user</emphasis> by executing:
        <command>ninja test</command>. A very large number of tests will
        be run, about 20 fail (at least on an Xorg system).
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, <xref linkend="graphviz"/>, and 
      <ulink url="http://sphinx-doc.org/">Sphinx</ulink> were
      present during the build, you can install the generated documentation
      by running the following commands as the <systemitem
      class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755      /usr/share/doc/libinput-&libinput-version;/{html,api} &amp;&amp;
cp -rv Documentation/* /usr/share/doc/libinput-&libinput-version;/html &amp;&amp;
cp -rv api/*           /usr/share/doc/libinput-&libinput-version;/api</userinput></screen>

  </sect3>

  <sect3 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>-Dudev-dir=/lib/udev</option>: This switch
      specifies where UDev rules and hwdb files will be installed.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>-Ddebug-gui=false</option>: This switch
      disables creation of a visual debug helper for libinput. Remove
      if you want it, and you have <xref linkend="gtk3"/> installed.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>-Dtests=false</option>: This switch disables compilation of the
      main tests.  Even with the tests defined as false, you can still run the
      first four minor tests, as a regular user, but one will be skipped if
      <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/pyparsing">PyParsing</ulink> is not installed.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>-Ddocumentation=false</option>: This switch disables
      generation of the documentation. Remove if you want to generate it, and
      you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and <xref linkend="graphviz"/>
      installed.
    </para>

    <para revision="sysv">
      <option>-Dlibwacom=false</option>: Remove this 
      option if you have the external library libwacom installed.
    </para>

    <para revision="systemd">
      <option>-Dlibwacom=false</option>: Remove this option if you
      have <xref linkend="libwacom"/> installed, or if you are installing
      GNOME.
    </para>

  </sect3>

  <sect3 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          libinput
          <!-- libinput-debug-events, libinput-list-devices, libinput-measure*,
          libinput-record, libinput-replay Library Executables -->
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libinput.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          $XORG_PREFIX/libexec/libinput,
          /usr/share/libinput, and (optionally)
          /usr/share/doc/libinput-&libinput-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libinput-prog">
        <term><command>libinput</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a set of tools to interface with the
            <application>libinput</application> library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-libinput-prog">libinput</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
<!--
      <varlistentry id="libinput-debug-events">
        <term><command>libinput-debug-events</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a debug helper for <application>libinput</application>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-debug-events">
            <primary sortas="b-libinput-debug-events">libinput-debug-events</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libinput-list-devices">
        <term><command>libinput-list-devices</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            lists local devices as recognized by
            <application>libinput</application>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-list-devices">
            <primary sortas="b-libinput-list-devices">libinput-list-devices</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libinput-measure">
        <term><command>libinput-measure</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the entry to a set of debugging programs to measure
            the properties of one or more devices.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-measure">
            <primary sortas="b-libinput-measure">libinput-measure</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libinput-record">
        <term><command>libinput-record</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            records kernel events from a device in a form that can later be
            replayed by libinput-replay.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-record">
            <primary sortas="b-libinput-record">libinput-record</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libinput-replay">
        <term><command>libinput-replay</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            replays kernel events from a recording made by libinput-record.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-replay">
            <primary sortas="b-libinput-replay">libinput-replay</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-->
      <varlistentry id="libinput-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libinput.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains API functions for handling input devices.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libinput-lib">libinput.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect3>

</sect2>