Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

Chapter 12. Preparing Xorg and Support Libraries

Pixman-0.46.4

Introduction to Pixman

The Pixman package contains a library that provides low-level pixel manipulation features such as image compositing and trapezoid rasterization.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://www.cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.46.4.tar.gz

  • Download SHA256 Sum: d09c44ebc3bd5bee7021c79f922fe8fb2fb57f7320f55e97ff9914d2346a591c

  • Download MD5 sum: c08173c8e1d2cc79428d931c13ffda59

  • Download size: 808 KB

  • Estimated disk space required: 28 MB (With tests)

  • Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)

Pixman Dependencies

Optional

libpng-1.6.50 and GTK3 (for tests and demos)

Installation of Pixman

Prepare Pixman by running the following commands: 

meson setup build --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release

To Build the package, issue: 

ninja -C build

To test the results, issue: 

ninja -C build test

Now Install the package, as the root user: 

ninja -C build install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libpixman-1.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/pixman-1

Short Descriptions

libpixman-1.so

contains functions that provide low-level pixel manipulation features