source: x/installing/xkeyboard-config.xml@ 90b8fc35

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/data/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config-&xkeyboard-config-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/data/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config-&xkeyboard-config-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-md5sum        "e7e31da9adb56ba52b5c18226b8cbef3">
  <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-size          "840 KB">
  <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-buildsize     "17.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="xkeyboard-config" xreflabel="xkeyboard-config-&xkeyboard-config-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xkeyboard-config.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>XKeyboardConfig-&xkeyboard-config-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xkeyboard-config">
    <primary sortas="a-XKeyboardConfig">XKeyboardConfig</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to XKeyboardConfig</title>

    <para>
      The <application>XKeyboardConfig</application> package contains
      the keyboard configuration database for the X Window System.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xkeyboard-config-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xkeyboard-config-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &xkeyboard-config-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &xkeyboard-config-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &xkeyboard-config-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &xkeyboard-config-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">XKeyboardConfig Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="intltool"/> and
      <xref linkend="xorg7-app"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xkeyboard-config"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of XKeyboardConfig</title>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xkb-rules-symlink=xorg &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -dv -m755 $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/xkeyboard-config-&xkeyboard-config-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 docs/{README,HOWTO}* \
    $XORG_PREFIX/share/doc/xkeyboard-config-&xkeyboard-config-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>--with-xkb-rules-symlink=xorg</parameter>: By default, the
      XKB rules installed are named "base". This creates symlinks named
      "xorg" to those rules, which is the default name used by Xorg.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          <envar>$XORG_PREFIX</envar>/share/X11/xkb and
          <envar>$XORG_PREFIX</envar>/share/doc/xkeyboard-config-&xkeyboard-config-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>