Installing the X11Libre server on Arch Linux

The first release of the new X11Libre server was released yesterday (21st June). I’ve personally switched to it, using it with MATE on Arch Linux.

The packages are available in the AUR and are maintained by vitaliikuzhdin.

Installation commands

The commands should be run in order, otherwise you might encounter some circular dependency issues as I did.

During the installation, it will ask you if you want to use the release version or directly pull from the development Git tree.

$ yay -S xlibre-server-bootstrap
...

$ yay -S xlibre-input-libinput
...

$ yay -S xlibre-server

If you didn’t already have Xorg X11 installed like I did, you can install the script like so:

$ sudo pacman -S xorg-xinit

It will start the XLibre X11 server when the ‘startx’ command is used.

I’ve been testing the new XLibre server for a little bit and haven’t had any issues. Hopefully this project brings new life to X11!