libxcvt-0.1.2

Introduction to libxcvt

libxcvt is a library providing a standalone version of the X server implementation of the VESA CVT standard timing modelines generator. It is meant to be a direct replacement to the version formerly provided by the Xorg server.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libxcvt

Installation of libxcvt

Install libxcvt by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

Contents

Installed Program: cvt
Installed Library: libxcvt.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/libxcvt

Short Descriptions

cvt

calculates VESA Coordinated Video Timing (CVT) modelines for use with X

libxcvt.so

contains functions for calculating VESA CVT