[vim/vim] Add to doc need for "libwayland-dev" for clipboard on env with only Wayland. (PR #20245)
tecis
In GNU/Linux distributions without X11 and only depending on the Wayland Composer as a display server I could not find official documentation on how to compile VIM with clipbloard support.
This will become more relevant as common GNU/Linux distributions transition to Wayland only environments. (sources and articles bellow)
The library libwayland provides the development headers for the Wayland libraries.
Sources.
- Gnome Blog: X11 Session Removal FAQ 2025-06-23.
- KDE Blog: Going all-in on a Wayland future 2025-11-26.
- Gnome Blog: An update on the X11 GNOME Session Removal 2025-06-08.
- Wayland Documentation.
Articles.
- It’s Foss: No More Xorg! Fedora 43 Will Be Wayland-only 2025-05-21.
- How-To-Geek: The writing is on the wall for X11 on Linux, here's what is replacing it 2025-12-29.
- Dev.To: GNOME 50 Removes X11: What It Means for Linux Users 2026-03-16.
- LinuxSecurity.com: GNOME 50: Wayland-Only Brings Enhanced Security and Isolation
- XDA Developers: KDE is finally killing X11, and I'm not as sad as I thought I'd be 2026-05-14
- Desde Linux: The depreciation of X11 in Fedora continues and in Fedora 41 the Gnome session in X11 will disappear.
You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:
https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/20245
Commit Summary
- e622e51 Add to doc need for "libwayland-dev" for clipboard on env with only Wayland.
File Changes
(1 file)
- M src/INSTALL (4)
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Foxe Chen
64-bitman left a comment (vim/vim#20245)Some distros include development files directly with the main libwayland package, maybe it should be good to mention that
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tecis
tecis left a comment (vim/vim#20245)@64-bitman You're right, some distros do ship with the package already installed but listing which distro has the package and which do not would be too verbose and may lead to confusion.
Specifically the documentation provides the examples for building VIM and installing dependencies in Ubuntu and that distro does not ship with "libwayland-dev".
Source: Ubuntu 26.04 Manifest.
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#20245)I think this is fine, the comment at the top mentions Ubuntu, so should be accurate :) Thanks
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