#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 10.1

### Chapter 24. X Window System Environment

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# xinit-1.4.1

## Introduction to xinit

The xinit package contains a usable script to start the xserver.

This package is not a part of the Xorg katamari and is provided only as a dependency to other packages or for testing the completed Xorg installation.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://www.x.org/pub/individual/app/xinit-1.4.1.tar.bz2

- Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/xinit-1.4.1.tar.bz2

- Download MD5 sum: 6d506ab2efc17a08e87778654e099d37

- Download size: 178 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 1.5 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### xinit Dependencies

#### Required

Xorg Libraries

#### Recommended (runtime only)

twm-1.0.11, xclock-1.0.9, and xterm-366 (used in the default `xinitrc` file)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xinit

## Installation of xinit

Install xinit by running the following commands:

    ./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xinitdir=/etc/X11/app-defaults &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install &&
    ldconfig

## Contents

Installed Programs: xinit and startx
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

### Short Descriptions

startx | initializes an X session
xinit | is the X Window System initializer

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