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libxau

brew install libxau v1.0.12 MIT

X11 shared library implementing the X Authorization Protocol (XAu) for display access control.

Why you might care

This is a foundational X.Org library needed by X11 clients and servers to authenticate connections to X displays. Most X11 applications link against it; it's a build-time and runtime dependency for the X ecosystem rather than a standalone tool. Unless you're building X11 software or using an X desktop, you won't interact with it directly.

Categories

library x11
67.7k
30-day installs · #81
251.9k
90-day · #67
883.8k
365-day · #68

Runtime dependencies

xorgproto

Build dependencies

pkgconf util-macros

Links

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