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Corrected optional Xorg applications dependency.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY x7apps-download-http "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/">
8 <!ENTITY x7apps-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/">
9 <!ENTITY x7apps-wget "&files-anduin;/xorg/app-&xorg7-release;.wget">
10 <!ENTITY x7apps-md5sum "&files-anduin;/xorg/app-&xorg7-release;.md5">
11 <!ENTITY x7apps-size "4.5 MB">
12 <!ENTITY x7apps-buildsize "35.6 MB">
13 <!ENTITY x7apps-time "1.2 SBU">
14
15]>
16
17<sect1 id="xorg7-app" xreflabel="Xorg Applications">
18 <?dbhtml filename="x7app.html"?>
19
20 <sect1info>
21 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
22 <date>$Date$</date>
23 </sect1info>
24
25 <title>Xorg Applications</title>
26
27 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app">
28 <primary sortas="a-xorg7-app">Xorg-&xorg7-version; Applications</primary>
29 </indexterm>
30
31 <sect2 role="package">
32 <title>Introduction to Xorg Applications</title>
33
34 <para>The <application>Xorg</application> applications provide the
35 expected applications available in previous X Window
36 implementations.</para>
37
38 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
39 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
40 <listitem>
41 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7apps-download-http;"/></para>
42 </listitem>
43 <listitem>
44 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7apps-download-ftp;"/></para>
45 </listitem>
46 <listitem>
47 <para>Download MD5 sum: <ulink url="&x7apps-md5sum;"/></para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>Download size: &x7apps-size;</para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>Estimated disk space required: &x7apps-buildsize;</para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>Estimated build time: &x7apps-time;</para>
57 </listitem>
58 </itemizedlist>
59
60 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
61 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
62 <listitem>
63 <para>Required download list: <ulink url="&x7apps-wget;"/></para>
64 </listitem>
65 </itemizedlist>
66
67 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Applications Dependencies</bridgehead>
68
69 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
70 <para role="required"><xref linkend="xbitmaps"/>,
71 <xref linkend="libpng"/>, and <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/></para>
72
73 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
74 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/> (only used
75 by XDM) and <xref linkend="mesalib"/> (required for OpenGL support).</para>
76
77 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
78 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Applications'/></para>
79
80 </sect2>
81
82 <sect2>
83 <title>Downloading Xorg Applications</title>
84
85 <para>To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
86 use the following commands:</para>
87
88<screen><userinput>mkdir app &amp;&amp;
89cd app &amp;&amp;
90grep -v '^#' ../app-&xorg7-release;.wget | wget -i- -c \
91 -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/ &amp;&amp;
92md5sum -c ../app-&xorg7-release;.md5</userinput></screen>
93
94 </sect2>
95
96 <sect2 role="installation">
97 <title>Installation of Xorg Applications</title>
98
99 <para>Install the applications by running the following commands for each
100 package:</para>
101
102<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG &amp;&amp;
103make</userinput></screen>
104
105 <para>These packages do not provide test suites.</para>
106
107 <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
108 user:</para>
109
110<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
111
112 </sect2>
113
114 <!--
115 <sect2 role="commands">
116 <title>Command Explanations</title>
117
118 </sect2>
119 -->
120
121 <sect2 role="content">
122 <title>Contents</title>
123
124 <segmentedlist>
125 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
126 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
127 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
128
129 <seglistitem>
130 <seg>appres, atobm, bdftopcf, bitmap, bmtoa, dga, iceauth, mkfontdir,
131 mkfontscale,sessreg, setxkbmap, smproxy, startx, twm, x11perf,
132 x11perfcomp, xauth, xclock, xcmsdb, xcursorgen, xdpr, xdpyinfo,
133 xdriinfo, xev, xgamma, xhost, xinit, xkbbell, xkbcomp, xkbevd,
134 xkbvleds, xkbwatch, xkill, xlsatoms, xlsclients, xmodmap, xpr, xprop,
135 xrandr, xrdb, xrefresh, xset, xsetmode, xsetroot, xvinfo, xwd,
136 xwininfo, and xwud</seg>
137 <seg>None</seg>
138 <seg><envar>$XORG_PREFIX</envar>/lib/X11/xinit and
139 <envar>$XORG_PREFIX</envar>/share/X11/{app-defaults,twm,xkb}</seg>
140 </seglistitem>
141 </segmentedlist>
142
143 <variablelist>
144 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
145 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
146 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
147
148 <varlistentry id="appres-x7">
149 <term><command>appres</command></term>
150 <listitem>
151 <para>lists the X application resource database.</para>
152 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app appres-x7">
153 <primary sortas="b-appres">appres</primary>
154 </indexterm>
155 </listitem>
156 </varlistentry>
157
158 <varlistentry id="atobm-x7">
159 <term><command>atobm</command></term>
160 <listitem>
161 <para>is a bitmap converter utility for the X Window System.</para>
162 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app atobm-x7">
163 <primary sortas="b-atobm">atobm</primary>
164 </indexterm>
165 </listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167
168 <varlistentry id="bdftopcf-x7">
169 <term><command>bdftopcf</command></term>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>converts an X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable
172 Compiled Format.</para>
173 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app bdftopcf-x7">
174 <primary sortas="b-bdftopcf">bdftopcf</primary>
175 </indexterm>
176 </listitem>
177 </varlistentry>
178
179 <varlistentry id="bitmap-x7">
180 <term><command>bitmap</command></term>
181 <listitem>
182 <para>is a bitmap editor utility for the X Window System.</para>
183 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app bitmap-x7">
184 <primary sortas="b-bitmap">bitmap</primary>
185 </indexterm>
186 </listitem>
187 </varlistentry>
188
189 <varlistentry id="bmtoa-x7">
190 <term><command>bmtoa</command></term>
191 <listitem>
192 <para>is a bitmap converter utility for the X Window System.</para>
193 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app bmtoa-x7">
194 <primary sortas="b-bmtoa">bmtoa</primary>
195 </indexterm>
196 </listitem>
197 </varlistentry>
198
199 <varlistentry id="dga-x7">
200 <term><command>dga</command></term>
201 <listitem>
202 <para>is a test program for the XFree86-DGA extension.</para>
203 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app dga-x7">
204 <primary sortas="b-dga">dga</primary>
205 </indexterm>
206 </listitem>
207 </varlistentry>
208
209 <varlistentry id="iceauth-x7">
210 <term><command>iceauth</command></term>
211 <listitem>
212 <para>is the ICE authority file utility.</para>
213 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app iceauth-x7">
214 <primary sortas="b-iceauth">iceauth</primary>
215 </indexterm>
216 </listitem>
217 </varlistentry>
218
219 <varlistentry id="mkfontdir-x7">
220 <term><command>mkfontdir</command></term>
221 <listitem>
222 <para>creates an index of X font files in a directory.</para>
223 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app mkfontdir-x7">
224 <primary sortas="b-mkfontdir">mkfontdir</primary>
225 </indexterm>
226 </listitem>
227 </varlistentry>
228
229 <varlistentry id="mkfontscale-x7">
230 <term><command>mkfontscale</command></term>
231 <listitem>
232 <para>creates an index of scalable font files for X.</para>
233 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app mkfontscale-x7">
234 <primary sortas="b-mkfontscale">mkfontscale</primary>
235 </indexterm>
236 </listitem>
237 </varlistentry>
238
239 <varlistentry id="sessreg-x7">
240 <term><command>sessreg</command></term>
241 <listitem>
242 <para>manages utmp/wtmp entries for non-init clients.</para>
243 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app sessreg-x7">
244 <primary sortas="b-sessreg">sessreg</primary>
245 </indexterm>
246 </listitem>
247 </varlistentry>
248
249 <varlistentry id="setxkbmap-x7">
250 <term><command>setxkbmap</command></term>
251 <listitem>
252 <para>sets the keyboard using the X Keyboard Extension.</para>
253 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app setxkbmap-x7">
254 <primary sortas="b-setxkbmap">setxkbmap</primary>
255 </indexterm>
256 </listitem>
257 </varlistentry>
258
259 <varlistentry id="smproxy-x7">
260 <term><command>smproxy</command></term>
261 <listitem>
262 <para>is the Session Manager Proxy.</para>
263 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app smproxy-x7">
264 <primary sortas="b-smproxy">smproxy</primary>
265 </indexterm>
266 </listitem>
267 </varlistentry>
268
269 <varlistentry id="startx-x7">
270 <term><command>startx</command></term>
271 <listitem>
272 <para>initializes an X session.</para>
273 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app startx-x7">
274 <primary sortas="b-startx">startx</primary>
275 </indexterm>
276 </listitem>
277 </varlistentry>
278
279 <varlistentry id="twm-x7">
280 <term><command>twm</command></term>
281 <listitem>
282 <para>is the Tab Window Manager for the X Window System.</para>
283 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app twm-x7">
284 <primary sortas="b-twm">twm</primary>
285 </indexterm>
286 </listitem>
287 </varlistentry>
288
289 <varlistentry id="x11perf-x7">
290 <term><command>x11perf</command></term>
291 <listitem>
292 <para>is an X11 server performance test program.</para>
293 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app x11perf-x7">
294 <primary sortas="b-x11perf">x11perf</primary>
295 </indexterm>
296 </listitem>
297 </varlistentry>
298
299 <varlistentry id="x11perfcomp-x7">
300 <term><command>x11perfcomp</command></term>
301 <listitem>
302 <para>is an X11 server performance comparison program.</para>
303 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app x11perfcomp-x7">
304 <primary sortas="b-x11perfcomp">x11perfcomp</primary>
305 </indexterm>
306 </listitem>
307 </varlistentry>
308
309 <varlistentry id="xauth-x7">
310 <term><command>xauth</command></term>
311 <listitem>
312 <para>is the X authority file utility.</para>
313 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xauth-x7">
314 <primary sortas="b-xauth">xauth</primary>
315 </indexterm>
316 </listitem>
317 </varlistentry>
318
319 <varlistentry id="xclock-x7">
320 <term><command>xclock</command></term>
321 <listitem>
322 <para>is an analog/digital clock for X.</para>
323 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xclock-x7">
324 <primary sortas="b-xclock">xclock</primary>
325 </indexterm>
326 </listitem>
327 </varlistentry>
328
329 <varlistentry id="xcmsdb-x7">
330 <term><command>xcmsdb</command></term>
331 <listitem>
332 <para>is the Device Color Characterization utility for the X
333 Color Management System.</para>
334 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xcmsdb-x7">
335 <primary sortas="b-xcmsdb">xcmsdb</primary>
336 </indexterm>
337 </listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry id="xcursorgen-x7">
341 <term><command>xcursorgen</command></term>
342 <listitem>
343 <para>creates an X cursor file from a collection of PNG
344 images.</para>
345 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xcursorgen-x7">
346 <primary sortas="b-xcursorgen">xcursorgen</primary>
347 </indexterm>
348 </listitem>
349 </varlistentry>
350
351 <varlistentry id="xdpr-x7">
352 <term><command>xdpr</command></term>
353 <listitem>
354 <para>dumps an X window directly to a printer.</para>
355 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xdpr-x7">
356 <primary sortas="b-xdpr">xdpr</primary>
357 </indexterm>
358 </listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
361 <varlistentry id="xdpyinfo-x7">
362 <term><command>xdpyinfo</command></term>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>is a display information utility for X.</para>
365 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xdpyinfo-x7">
366 <primary sortas="b-xdpyinfo">xdpyinfo</primary>
367 </indexterm>
368 </listitem>
369 </varlistentry>
370
371 <varlistentry id="xdriinfo-x7">
372 <term><command>xdriinfo</command></term>
373 <listitem>
374 <para>queries configuration information of DRI drivers.</para>
375 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xdriinfo-x7">
376 <primary sortas="b-xdriinfo">xdriinfo</primary>
377 </indexterm>
378 </listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380
381 <varlistentry id="xev-x7">
382 <term><command>xev</command></term>
383 <listitem>
384 <para>prints contents of X events.</para>
385 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xev-x7">
386 <primary sortas="b-xev">xev</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388 </listitem>
389 </varlistentry>
390
391 <varlistentry id="xgamma-x7">
392 <term><command>xgamma</command></term>
393 <listitem>
394 <para>alters a monitor's gamma correction through the X
395 server.</para>
396 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xgamma-x7">
397 <primary sortas="b-xgamma">xgamma</primary>
398 </indexterm>
399 </listitem>
400 </varlistentry>
401
402 <varlistentry id="xhost-x7">
403 <term><command>xhost</command></term>
404 <listitem>
405 <para>is a server access control program for X.</para>
406 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xhost-x7">
407 <primary sortas="b-xhost">xhost</primary>
408 </indexterm>
409 </listitem>
410 </varlistentry>
411
412 <varlistentry id="xinit-x7">
413 <term><command>xinit</command></term>
414 <listitem>
415 <para>is the X Window System initializer.</para>
416 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xinit-x7">
417 <primary sortas="b-xinit">xinit</primary>
418 </indexterm>
419 </listitem>
420 </varlistentry>
421
422 <varlistentry id="xkbbell-x7">
423 <term><command>xkbbell</command></term>
424 <listitem>
425 <para>is an XKB utility program that raises a bell event.</para>
426 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbbell-x7">
427 <primary sortas="b-xkbbell">xkbbell</primary>
428 </indexterm>
429 </listitem>
430 </varlistentry>
431
432 <varlistentry id="xkbcomp-x7">
433 <term><command>xkbcomp</command></term>
434 <listitem>
435 <para>compiles an XKB keyboard description.</para>
436 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbcomp-x7">
437 <primary sortas="b-xkbcomp">xkbcomp</primary>
438 </indexterm>
439 </listitem>
440 </varlistentry>
441
442 <varlistentry id="xkbevd-x7">
443 <term><command>xkbevd</command></term>
444 <listitem>
445 <para>is the XKB event daemon.</para>
446 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbevd-x7">
447 <primary sortas="b-xkbevd">xkbevd</primary>
448 </indexterm>
449 </listitem>
450 </varlistentry>
451
452 <varlistentry id="xkbvleds-x7">
453 <term><command>xkbvleds</command></term>
454 <listitem>
455 <para>shows the XKB status of keyboard LEDs.</para>
456 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbvleds-x7">
457 <primary sortas="b-xkbvleds">xkbvleds</primary>
458 </indexterm>
459 </listitem>
460 </varlistentry>
461
462 <varlistentry id="xkbwatch-x7">
463 <term><command>xkbwatch</command></term>
464 <listitem>
465 <para>monitors modifier keys and LEDs.</para>
466 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkbwatch-x7">
467 <primary sortas="b-xkbwatch">xkbwatch</primary>
468 </indexterm>
469 </listitem>
470 </varlistentry>
471
472 <varlistentry id="xkill-x7">
473 <term><command>xkill</command></term>
474 <listitem>
475 <para>kills a client by its X resource.</para>
476 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xkill-x7">
477 <primary sortas="b-xkill">xkill</primary>
478 </indexterm>
479 </listitem>
480 </varlistentry>
481
482 <varlistentry id="xlsatoms-x7">
483 <term><command>xlsatoms</command></term>
484 <listitem>
485 <para>lists interned atoms defined on the server.</para>
486 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xlsatoms-x7">
487 <primary sortas="b-xlsatoms">xlsatoms</primary>
488 </indexterm>
489 </listitem>
490 </varlistentry>
491
492 <varlistentry id="xlsclients-x7">
493 <term><command>xlsclients</command></term>
494 <listitem>
495 <para>lists client applications running on a display.</para>
496 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xlsclients-x7">
497 <primary sortas="b-xlsclients">xlsclients</primary>
498 </indexterm>
499 </listitem>
500 </varlistentry>
501
502 <varlistentry id="xmodmap-x7">
503 <term><command>xmodmap</command></term>
504 <listitem>
505 <para>is a utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button
506 mappings in X.</para>
507 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xmodmap-x7">
508 <primary sortas="b-xmodmap">xmodmap</primary>
509 </indexterm>
510 </listitem>
511 </varlistentry>
512
513 <varlistentry id="xpr-x7">
514 <term><command>xpr</command></term>
515 <listitem>
516 <para>prints an X window dump.</para>
517 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xpr-x7">
518 <primary sortas="b-xpr">xpr</primary>
519 </indexterm>
520 </listitem>
521 </varlistentry>
522
523 <varlistentry id="xprop-x7">
524 <term><command>xprop</command></term>
525 <listitem>
526 <para>is a property displayer for X.</para>
527 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xprop-x7">
528 <primary sortas="b-xprop">xprop</primary>
529 </indexterm>
530 </listitem>
531 </varlistentry>
532
533 <varlistentry id="xrandr-x7">
534 <term><command>xrandr</command></term>
535 <listitem>
536 <para>is a primitive command line interface to RandR
537 extension.</para>
538 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xrandr-x7">
539 <primary sortas="b-xrandr">xrandr</primary>
540 </indexterm>
541 </listitem>
542 </varlistentry>
543
544 <varlistentry id="xrdb-x7">
545 <term><command>xrdb</command></term>
546 <listitem>
547 <para>is the X server resource database utility.</para>
548 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xrdb-x7">
549 <primary sortas="b-xrdb">xrdb</primary>
550 </indexterm>
551 </listitem>
552 </varlistentry>
553
554 <varlistentry id="xrefresh-x7">
555 <term><command>xrefresh</command></term>
556 <listitem>
557 <para>refreshes all or part of an X screen.</para>
558 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xrefresh-x7">
559 <primary sortas="b-xrefresh">xrefresh</primary>
560 </indexterm>
561 </listitem>
562 </varlistentry>
563
564 <varlistentry id="xset-x7">
565 <term><command>xset</command></term>
566 <listitem>
567 <para>is the user preference utility for X.</para>
568 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xset-x7">
569 <primary sortas="b-xset">xset</primary>
570 </indexterm>
571 </listitem>
572 </varlistentry>
573
574 <varlistentry id="xsetmode-x7">
575 <term><command>xsetmode</command></term>
576 <listitem>
577 <para>sets the mode for an X Input device.</para>
578 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xsetmode-x7">
579 <primary sortas="b-xsetmode">xsetmode</primary>
580 </indexterm>
581 </listitem>
582 </varlistentry>
583
584 <varlistentry id="xsetroot-x7">
585 <term><command>xsetroot</command></term>
586 <listitem>
587 <para>is the root window parameter setting utility for X.</para>
588 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xsetroot-x7">
589 <primary sortas="b-xsetroot">xsetroot</primary>
590 </indexterm>
591 </listitem>
592 </varlistentry>
593
594 <varlistentry id="xvinfo-x7">
595 <term><command>xvinfo</command></term>
596 <listitem>
597 <para>prints out X-Video extension adaptor information.</para>
598 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xvinfo-x7">
599 <primary sortas="b-xvinfo">xvinfo</primary>
600 </indexterm>
601 </listitem>
602 </varlistentry>
603
604 <varlistentry id="xwd-x7">
605 <term><command>xwd</command></term>
606 <listitem>
607 <para>dumps an image of an X window.</para>
608 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xwd-x7">
609 <primary sortas="b-xwd">xwd</primary>
610 </indexterm>
611 </listitem>
612 </varlistentry>
613
614 <varlistentry id="xwininfo-x7">
615 <term><command>xwininfo</command></term>
616 <listitem>
617 <para>is a window information utility for X.</para>
618 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xwininfo-x7">
619 <primary sortas="b-xwininfo">xwininfo</primary>
620 </indexterm>
621 </listitem>
622 </varlistentry>
623
624 <varlistentry id="xwud-x7">
625 <term><command>xwud</command></term>
626 <listitem>
627 <para>is an image displayer for X.</para>
628 <indexterm zone="xorg7-app xwud-x7">
629 <primary sortas="b-xwud">xwud</primary>
630 </indexterm>
631 </listitem>
632 </varlistentry>
633
634 </variablelist>
635
636 </sect2>
637
638</sect1>
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