Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-426

Chapter 24. Graphical Environments

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.

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Package Information

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