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

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# luit-20250912

## Introduction to luit

The luit package is a filter that can be run between an arbitrary application and a UTF-8 terminal emulator. It will convert application output from the locale’s encoding into UTF‐8, and convert terminal input from UTF‐8 into the locale’s encoding.

### Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/luit/luit-20250912.tgz

- Download MD5 sum: d03e636d2f919bb21e77aec16a53247d

- Download size: 212 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 1.8 MB

- Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU

### luit Dependencies

#### Required

Xorg Applications

## Installation of luit

Install luit by running the following commands:

    ./configure $XORG_CONFIG &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Contents

Installed Programs: luit
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: None

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