X Window System
Version 11, Release 8

This document describes how to build and install Release 8 of the X Window System and gives a brief overview of the contents of the release.

Build

Install dependencies by running (no need to edit it)

./util/install_deps.sh

Script supports and autodefines Ubuntu, Archlinux and Alpine.

Then

meson setup . build
meson compile -C build
meson install -C build

Changes from mainstream

• Monolithic X Window System package
• Minimal and sufficient for general usage
• Oriented to embedded Linux systems
• Meson build system
• Enabled accelerations by default
• Integrated XCB
• Integrated X drivers
• Integrated X apps like twm, xinit, xclock, xterm
• Integrated libepoxy, pixman
• Revived font server
• Scripted dependencies installation
• No XWin support
• No XWayland support
• No XQuartz support