chapter06/kbd-inst.xml


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<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of Kbd</title>

<para>Kbd doesn't install some of its utilities (setlogcons, setvesablank
and getunimap) by default. The kbd patch enables the compilation of these
utilities.</para>

<para>Apply the patch by running the following command:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../kbd-&kbd-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Prepare Kbd to be compiled:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>
./configure</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>

<para>And finish off installing the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../kbd-&kbd-patch-version;.patch</userinput>:
This patch changes a Makefile so some utilities that are not installed by
default (setlogcons, setvesablank and getunimap) are installed.</para>

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