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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY libinput-version "1.21.0">
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <!-- <!ENTITY libinput-download-http "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput/libinput-&libinput-version;.tar.xz">-->
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libinput-download-http "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/archive/&libinput-version;/libinput-&libinput-version;.tar.gz"
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| 11 | >
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libinput-download-ftp " ">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY libinput-md5sum "3d8f0561b83fafc187bbc2d5bd0fe217">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY libinput-size "968 KB">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY libinput-buildsize "11 MB (add 17 MB for documentation)">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY libinput-time "0.1 SBU (add 0.1 SBU for documentation)">
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| 17 | ]>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect2 id="libinput" xreflabel="libinput-&libinput-version;">
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| 20 | <?dbhtml filename="libinput.html"?>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <sect2info>
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| 23 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 24 | </sect2info>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <title>libinput-&libinput-version;</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <indexterm zone="libinput">
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| 29 | <primary sortas="a-libinput">libinput</primary>
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| 30 | </indexterm>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <sect3 role="package">
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| 33 | <title>Introduction to libinput</title>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <para>
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| 36 | <application>libinput</application> is a library that handles
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| 37 | input devices for display servers and other applications that
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| 38 | need to directly deal with input devices.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | &lfs112_checked;
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libinput-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libinput-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &libinput-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &libinput-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &libinput-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &libinput-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">libinput Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="required">
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| 81 | <xref linkend="libevdev"/> and
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| 82 | <xref linkend="mtdev"/>
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 86 | <para role="optional">
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| 87 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (to run the tests),
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| 88 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/> (to build the GUI event viewer),
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| 89 | <xref linkend="libunwind"/> (required for tests),
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| 90 | <xref linkend="libwacom"/>, and
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| 91 | <ulink url="https://www.sphinx-doc.org/">Sphinx</ulink> (required to build documentation),
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| 92 | <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/pyparsing/">PyParsing</ulink> (for one non-root test)
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| 93 | </para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 96 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libinput"/>
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 | </sect3>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <sect3 role="kernel" id="libinput-kernel">
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| 101 | <title>kernel configuration for running the libinput testsuite</title>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <para>
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| 104 | Although libinput works with the same kernel configuration used by <xref
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| 105 | linkend="libevdev"/>, its extensive testsuite requires the presence of
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| 106 | <filename>/dev/uinput</filename> (as well as both <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
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| 107 | and <xref linkend="libunwind"/>).
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| 108 | </para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>
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| 111 | If you wish to run the full tests, enable the following option in the kernel
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| 112 | configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary:
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| 113 | </para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
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| 116 | Input device support --->
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| 117 | Miscellaneous Devices --->
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| 118 | <*/M> User level driver support [CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT]</literal></screen>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | If you build this as a module, it needs to be inserted before the testsuite
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| 122 | runs.
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>
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| 126 | On an Xorg system you will also need to prevent the events generated
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| 127 | during the testsuite from interfering with your desktop. Copy the
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| 128 | file <filename>test/50-litest.conf</filename> into
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| 129 | <filename class="directory">${XORG_PREFIX}/share/X11/xorg.conf.d</filename>
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| 130 | and restart X. For further information see
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| 131 | <ulink url="https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/&libinput-version;/test-suite.html">libinput test suite</ulink>.
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| 132 | </para>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-kernel">
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| 135 | <primary sortas="d-libinput">libinput</primary>
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| 136 | </indexterm>
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| 137 | </sect3>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <sect3 role="installation">
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| 140 | <title>Installation of libinput</title>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para>
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| 143 | Install <application>libinput</application> by running the following
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| 144 | commands:
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| 145 | </para>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <screen><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 148 | cd build &&
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| 149 |
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| 150 | meson --prefix=$XORG_PREFIX \
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| 151 | --buildtype=release \
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| 152 | -Ddebug-gui=false \
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| 153 | -Dtests=false \
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| 154 | -Dlibwacom=false \
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| 155 | -Dudev-dir=/usr/lib/udev \
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| 156 | .. &&
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| 157 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <note>
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| 160 | <para>
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| 161 | If you want to run the full tests, remove -Dtests from the
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| 162 | <command>meson</command> command above. Please read "kernel
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| 163 | configuration for running the libinput testsuite" (above).
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| 164 | </para>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <para>
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| 167 | If you have enabled the full tests, you can run the main tests
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| 168 | <emphasis>as the root user</emphasis> by executing:
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| 169 | <command>ninja test</command>. A very large number of tests will
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| 170 | be run, about 20 fail (at least on an Xorg system).
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| 171 | </para>
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| 172 | </note>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <para>
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| 175 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 176 | </para>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <para>
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| 181 | If you have passed <option>-Ddocumentation=true</option> to
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| 182 | <command>meson</command>, you can install the generated documentation
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| 183 | by running the following commands as the <systemitem
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| 184 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <!-- seems the api doc is not generated because the directory is not a git
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| 188 | repository... -->
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| 189 | <screen role="root"
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| 190 | remap="doc"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/libinput-&libinput-version;/html &&
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| 191 | cp -rv Documentation/* /usr/share/doc/libinput-&libinput-version;/html</userinput></screen>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | </sect3>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <sect3 role="commands">
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| 196 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 199 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | <parameter>-Ddebug-gui=false</parameter>: This switch
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| 203 | disables creation of a visual debug helper for libinput. Remove
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| 204 | if you want it, and you have <xref linkend="gtk3"/> installed.
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| 205 | </para>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <para>
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| 208 | <parameter>-Dtests=false</parameter>: This switch disables compilation of
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| 209 | the main tests. Even with the tests defined as false, you can still run
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| 210 | the first four minor tests, as a regular user, but one will be skipped if
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| 211 | <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/pyparsing">PyParsing</ulink> is not
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| 212 | installed.
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| 213 | </para>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <para>
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| 216 | <parameter>-Dlibwacom=false</parameter>: Remove this option if you
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| 217 | have <xref linkend="libwacom"/> installed, or if you are installing
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| 218 | GNOME.
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| 219 | </para>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <para>
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| 222 | <parameter>-Dudev-dir=/usr/lib/udev</parameter>: In case that the
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| 223 | value of <envar>XORG_PREFIX</envar> is not set to
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| 224 | <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, this option prevents
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| 225 | the package from installing Udev rules and helpers into
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| 226 | <filename class='directory'>$XORG_PREFIX/lib/udev</filename> which
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| 227 | is not searched by Udev daemon. This option is not needed for
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| 228 | systems with <envar>XORG_PREFIX</envar> set to
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| 229 | <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, but does no harm.
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| 230 | </para>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <para>
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| 233 | <option>-Ddocumentation=true</option>: This switch enables
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| 234 | generation of the documentation. Add it if you want to generate
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| 235 | the documentation. You must have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
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| 236 | <xref linkend="graphviz"/> installed.
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| 237 | </para>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | </sect3>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <sect3 role="content">
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| 242 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <segmentedlist>
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| 245 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 246 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 247 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <seglistitem>
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| 250 | <seg>
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| 251 | libinput
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| 252 | <!-- libinput-debug-events, libinput-list-devices, libinput-measure*,
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| 253 | libinput-record, libinput-replay Library Executables -->
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| 254 | </seg>
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| 255 | <seg>
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| 256 | libinput.so
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| 257 | </seg>
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| 258 | <seg>
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| 259 | /etc/libinput,
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| 260 | $XORG_PREFIX/libexec/libinput,
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| 261 | $XORG_PREFIX/usr/share/libinput, and (optionally)
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| 262 | $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/libinput-&libinput-version;
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| 263 | </seg>
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| 264 | </seglistitem>
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| 265 | </segmentedlist>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <variablelist>
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| 268 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 269 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 270 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | <varlistentry id="libinput-prog">
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| 273 | <term><command>libinput</command></term>
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| 274 | <listitem>
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| 275 | <para>
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| 276 | is a set of tools to interface with the
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| 277 | <application>libinput</application> library
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| 278 | </para>
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| 279 | <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-prog">
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| 280 | <primary sortas="b-libinput-prog">libinput</primary>
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| 281 | </indexterm>
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| 282 | </listitem>
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| 283 | </varlistentry>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <varlistentry id="libinput-lib">
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| 286 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libinput.so</filename></term>
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| 287 | <listitem>
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| 288 | <para>
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| 289 | contains API functions for handling input devices
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| 290 | </para>
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| 291 | <indexterm zone="libinput libinput-lib">
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| 292 | <primary sortas="c-libinput-lib">libinput.so</primary>
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| 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | </variablelist>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | </sect3>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | </sect2>
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