XLibre binary packages repository for Arch Linux based x86_64

XLibre repositor and installation and helper script

To enable this repository and install XLibre this helper script can be downloaded and run:

https://x11libre.net/repo/arch_based/x86_64/install-xlibre.sh

To run this script:

save it as file: install-xlibre.sh
run command: chmod +x install-xlibre.sh
run command: ./install-xlibre.sh

Adding the repository manually

This repository can be enabled with the following actions:

Run commands:

sudo pacman-key --recv-keys 73580DE2EDDFA6D6
sudo pacman-key --finger 73580DE2EDDFA6D6
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 73580DE2EDDFA6D6

In case the above does not succeed:

sudo sh -c 'curl -sS https://x11libre.net/repo/arch_based/x86_64/0x73580DE2EDDFA6D6.gpg | gpg --import -'

Or:

sudo sh -c 'wget https://x11libre.net/repo/arch_based/x86_64/0x73580DE2EDDFA6D6.gpg'
sudo sh -c 'gpg --import < 0x73580DE2EDDFA6D6.gpg'

Add the xlibre repository by adding this section to file /etc/pacman.conf:

  [xlibre]
  Server = https://x11libre.net/repo/arch_based/x86_64/

Installing XLibre manually

Attention: when migrating from Xorg package xlibre-input-libinputi-bin needs to be installed together with xlibre-server-bin and xlibre-server-common-bin. The installation requires via pacman that for any currently installed xf86-(input/video) driver package the corresponding xlibre-(input/video) package needs to be installed.

If for example these packages are installed: xorg-server xorg-server-common xf86-input-libinput xf86-video-amdgpu
Then for XLibre install: xlibre-server-bin xlibre-server-common-bin xlibre-input-libinput xlibre-video-amdgpu-bin
This will have pacman automatically remove the xorg/xf86 packages.

TearFree option

Xlibre has the 'TearFree' option enabled by default, while Xorg does not.

Closed source drivers

Closed source drivers might not yet have an updated ABI version to match that of the updated xlibre-xserver. This can be overcome by creating a file named eg. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/xlibre.conf containing:

    Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "IgnoreABI" "true"
    EndSection

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