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

Chapter 16. Finalizing the LXQt - KDE Desktop

libdisplay-info-0.3.0

Introduction to libdisplay-info

The libdisplay-info package provides a set of high-level and low-level functions to access detailed Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) information.

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

Package Information

libdisplay-info Dependencies

Required

hwdata-0.401

Installation of libdisplay-info

Prepare libdisplay-info by running the following commands: 

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

To test the results, issue: 

ninja -C build test

Now Install the package, as the root user: 

ninja -C build install

Command Explanations

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

Contents

Installed Programs: di-edid-decode
Installed Library: libdisplay-info.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libdisplay-info

Short Descriptions

di-edid-decode

parses EDID file and prints information from the file in human-readable form

libdisplay-info.so

is a library for handling EDID and DisplayID