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authorLukas Rusak <lorusak@gmail.com>2023-10-28 20:32:02 -0700
committerLukas Rusak <lorusak@gmail.com>2023-10-28 20:47:49 -0700
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[linux][docs] add note about libdisplay-info when building kodi with gbm windowing
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**Note:** fstrcmp requires libtool
+### 3.3. External Dependencies
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+Building with GBM windowing (including `gbm` in the `CORE_PLATFORM_NAME` cmake config) requires `libdisplay-info` for EDID parsing. This is currently a hard dependency for GBM windowing and no internal build option is available. Some distributions may already package it but if not it is available to build from source here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libdisplay-info
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## 4. Build Kodi