Kbd doesn't install some of its utilities (setlogcons, setvesablank and getunimap) by default. The kbd patch enables the compilation of these utilities. Apply the patch by running the following command: patch -Np1 -i ../kbd-&kbd-patch-version;.patch Prepare Kbd to be compiled: ./configure Continue with compiling the package: make And finish off installing the package: make install patch -Np1 -i ../kbd-&kbd-patch-version;.patch: This patch changes a Makefile so some utilities that are not installed by default (setlogcons, setvesablank and getunimap) are installed.