#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-491

### Chapter 9. General Libraries

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# libdisplay-info-0.3.0

## 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

- Download (HTTP): https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libdisplay-info/-/releases/0.3.0/downloads/libdisplay-info-0.3.0.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: f2a15697f6e8c66722b7760ceccbed60

- Download size: 112 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 3.3 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### libdisplay-info Dependencies

#### Required

hwdata-0.406

## 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

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