[Package]: setxkbmap

[Zeioth]

Why do you want to add this package to Termux?

To change my keyboard distribution to spanish/spain.

Home page URL

No response

Source code URL

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xorg-setxkbmap/

Packaging policy acknowledgement

• The requested package complies with Packaging Policy.

Additional information

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[Zeioth]

cannot test it, do I need to add some testing repo?

[xtkoba]

Just download the artifact (zip file) from GitHub Actions and extract and install the DEB file in it.

[Zeioth]

Dependencies required:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xorg-setxkbmap:arm : Depends: libx11:arm but it is not installable
                      Depends: libxkbfile:arm but it is not installable
                      Depends: libxrandr:arm but it is not installable

[xtkoba]

Could it be that you are on aarch64 environment? Also make sure to subscribe to x11-repo.

[Zeioth]

aarch64 installs correctly thank you. I'm gonna try to change my kb layout and confirm the case of use is solved.

[Zeioth]

Ok so here is my report:

• I3: Works as expected. Having the I3 setting xkb_layout "es" on the config file is enough.
• XFCE4: Adding "setxkbmap es" in xfce4-settings startup settings work fine. But ignores changing kb distribution from xfce settings (no errors, researching why).

EDIT: I cannot find what's the deal with xfce4-settings keyboard layout. Are we modifying xfce in some way? It could also be due to xfce4-exo.

[Zeioth]

Opened a ticket on EXO. Will close if confirmed it's a termux xfce4-settings issue.
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/exo/-/issues/95

[Zeioth]

I figured out how to fix "xfce setting keyboard layout":

We need to provide the symbolic link:

ln -s "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/xkbcomp" "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/share/X11/xkb/xkbcomp"

That make "xfce setting keyboard layout" work fine. The reason can be tested with the command

xfsettingsd --replace

This outputs that 'libxklavier' cannot execute 'xkbcomp' becaure It expects it to be in '/share/X11/xkb/xkbcomp' but it actually is in '/bin/xkbcomp'.

[Zeioth]

Please submit said symbolic link through the package you consider optimal. After that, this can be closed.

[xtkoba]

Should instead fix the path to xkbcomp.

[Zeioth]

Linking the package here in case someone might need it:
https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/actions/runs/3764124625

[sylirre]

@Zeioth Package is installable via pkg install xorg-setxkbmap.