What is "libx11"?

Core X11 protocol client library (Xlib)

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add libx11

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["libx11"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build libx11
min add --runtime libx11

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Dependencies (8)

Dependencies
Name	Version	Kind
base	—	build
glibc	2.44	runtime
libxcb	1.17.0	runtime
make	4.4.1	build
pkgconf	3.0.5	build
toolchain	—	build
xorgproto	2026.1	build
xtrans	1.6.0	build

Dependency changes

Dependants (35)

Dependants
Name	Version
chromium-bin	156.0.8078.47
chromium-headless-shell-bin	156.0.8078.47
icedtea-7	2.6.13
icedtea-8	3.19.0
libglvnd	1.7.0
libxcomposite	0.4.7
libxcursor	1.2.3
libxdamage	1.1.7
libxext	1.3.7
libxfixes	6.0.2
libxi	1.8.4
libxinerama	1.1.6
libxrandr	1.5.5
libxrender	0.9.13
libxt	1.3.1
libxtst	1.2.6
mesa	26.2.5
openjdk-10	10+46
openjdk-11	11.0.22
openjdk-12	12+33
openjdk-13	13.0.14
openjdk-14	14.0.2
openjdk-15	15.0.10
openjdk-16	16.0.2
openjdk-17	17.0.10
openjdk-18	18.0.2.1
openjdk-19	19.0.2
openjdk-20	20.0.2
openjdk-21	21.0.2
openjdk-22	22.0.2
openjdk-23	23.0.2
openjdk-24	24.0.1
openjdk-25	25.0.2
openjdk-9	9+181
raylib	6.0

libx11 v1.8.148ad0ee6
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  Released: 8 months ago

No known advisories

We don't track any active CVEs against this package.

Build provenance

For the signed record of what the build used, see the Provenance tab.

55 components

Software Bill of Materials — every package this build depends on
Packages	Version	Repository	License
libx11ROOT	1.8.14	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libX11-1.8.14.tar.xzMIRROR	MIT
aclROOT	2.4.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/acl-2.4.0.tar.xzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
attrROOT	2.6.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/attr-2.6.0.tar.gzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
bash	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
bash-bootstrap	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
binutils	2.47	www.gnu.org/software/binutils	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only)
bison	3.8.2	www.gnu.org/software/bison	GPL-3.0-only
bzip2	1.0.8	github.com/libarchive/bzip2	bzip2-1.0.6
coreutils	9.12	www.gnu.org/software/coreutils	GPL-3.0-only
diffutils	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/diffutils	GPL-3.0-only
expat	2.9.0	github.com/libexpat/libexpat	MIT
fileROOT	5.48	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/file-5.48.tar.gzMIRROR	BSD-2-Clause-Darwin
findutils	4.11.0	www.gnu.org/software/findutils	GPL-3.0-only
flex	2.6.4	github.com/westes/flex	BSD-3-Clause-flex
gawk	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gawk-bootstrap	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gcc	15.2.0	www.gnu.org/software/gcc	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gdbm	1.26	www.gnu.org/software/gdbm	GPL-3.0-only
glibc	2.44	www.gnu.org/software/glibc	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gmp	6.3.0	www.gnu.org/software/gmp	LGPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later
grep	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/grep	GPL-3.0-only
gzip	1.15	www.gnu.org/software/gzip	GPL-3.0-only
libcapROOT	2.78	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libcap-2.78.tar.xzMIRROR	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
libffi	3.8.0	github.com/libffi/libffi	MIT
libxauROOT	1.0.12	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libXau-1.0.12.tar.xzMIRROR	MIT-open-group
libxcbROOT	1.17.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libxcb-1.17.0.tar.xzMIRROR	X11-swapped
libxdmcpROOT	1.1.5	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libXdmcp-1.1.5.tar.xzMIRROR	MIT-open-group
linux_headers	6.12.43	github.com/torvalds/linux	GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note
lz4	1.10.0	github.com/lz4/lz4	BSD-2-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
m4	1.4.21	www.gnu.org/software/m4	GPL-3.0-only
make	4.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/make	GPL-3.0-only
meson	1.12.0	github.com/mesonbuild/meson	Apache-2.0
mpc	1.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/mpc	LGPL-3.0-or-later
mpfr	4.2.2	www.gnu.org/software/mpfr	GPL-3.0-only
ncurses	6.6	www.gnu.org/software/ncurses	X11-distribute-modifications-variant
ninja	1.13.2	github.com/ninja-build/ninja	Apache-2.0
openssl	3.6.5	github.com/openssl/openssl	Apache-2.0
patch	2.8.1	www.gnu.org/software/patch	GPL-3.0-only
pcre2	10.49	github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2	BSD-3-Clause WITH PCRE2-exception
perl	5.44.0	github.com/Perl/perl5	Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
pkgconf	3.0.5	github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf	ISC
python	3.14.10	github.com/python/cpython	Python-2.0.1
readline	8.3	www.gnu.org/software/readline	GPL-3.0-only
sed	4.10	www.gnu.org/software/sed	GPL-3.0-only
setuptools	84.2.1	github.com/pypa/setuptools	MIT
sqlite	3.54.0	github.com/sqlite/sqlite	blessing
tar	1.35	www.gnu.org/software/tar	GPL-3.0-only
tzdata	2026e	github.com/eggert/tz	LicenseRef-Public-Domain
util-linux	2.42.4	github.com/util-linux/util-linux	GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause
xcb-protoROOT	1.17.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/xcb-proto-1.17.0.tar.xzMIRROR	X11-swapped
xorgprotoROOT	2026.1	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/xorgproto-2026.1.tar.xzMIRROR	BSD-2-Clause AND HPND AND HPND-sell-variant AND ICU AND MIT AND MIT-open-group AND SGI-B-2.0 AND SMLNJ AND X11 AND X11-distribute-modifications-variant
xtransROOT	1.6.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/xtrans-1.6.0.tar.xzMIRROR	X11
xz	5.8.4	github.com/tukaani-project/xz	(0BSD AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
zlib	1.3.2	github.com/madler/zlib	Zlib
zstd	1.5.7	github.com/facebook/zstd	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only

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libx11

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What is "libx11"?

How to use this package

Quick install

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Build-time vs runtime

Dependencies (8)

Dependency changes

Dependants (35)

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