Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.3-616

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libdisplay-info-0.2.0

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.

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Package Information

libdisplay-info Dependencies

Required

hwdata-0.395

Installation of libdisplay-info

Install libdisplay-info by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

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

To test the results, run ninja test.

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 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