[81678a49] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!-- Place this in the general.ent file
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| 8 | <!ENTITY libevdev-version "">
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| 9 | -->
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libevdev-download-http "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/libevdev-&libevdev-version;.tar.xz">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libevdev-download-ftp " ">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY libevdev-md5sum "7c1ee9c2069489b2a25dfde6f8e2ff6a">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY libevdev-size "380 KB">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY libevdev-buildsize "8.2 MB">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY libevdev-time "0.1 SBU (0.3 SBU with all tests)">
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| 17 | ]>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1 id="libevdev" xreflabel="libevdev-&libevdev-version;">
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| 20 | <?dbhtml filename="libevdev.html"?>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <sect1info>
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| 23 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 24 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 25 | </sect1info>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <title>libevdev-&libevdev-version;</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <indexterm zone="libevdev">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-libevdev">libevdev</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to libevdev</title>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>
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| 37 | <application>libevdev</application> is a wrapper library for evdev
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| 38 | devices. It moves the common tasks when dealing with evdev devices
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| 39 | into a library and provides a library interface to the callers,
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| 40 | thus avoiding erroneous ioctls, etc.
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| 41 | </para>
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| 42 |
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[c3c67b5b] | 43 | &lfs76_checked;
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[81678a49] | 44 |
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| 45 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 46 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libevdev-download-http;"/>
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| 50 | </para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libevdev-download-ftp;"/>
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| 55 | </para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Download MD5 sum: &libevdev-md5sum;
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| 60 | </para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Download size: &libevdev-size;
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| 65 | </para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>
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| 69 | Estimated disk space required: &libevdev-buildsize;
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| 70 | </para>
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| 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | <listitem>
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| 73 | <para>
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| 74 | Estimated build time: &libevdev-time;
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| 75 | </para>
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| 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </itemizedlist>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libevdev Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 82 | <para role="required">
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| 83 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 87 | <para role="optional">
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| 88 | <xref linkend="check"/>,
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| 89 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, and
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| 90 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
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| 91 | </para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 94 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libevdev"/>
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 | </sect2>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 99 | <title>Installation of libevdev</title>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>
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| 102 | If <xref linkend="valgrind"/> is installed and tests are
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| 103 | going to be run, fix a testing problem:
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <screen><userinput>cat >> test/valgrind.suppressions << "EOF"
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| 107 | {
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| 108 | <timer_create@@GLIBC_2.3.3-2>
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| 109 | Memcheck:Param
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| 110 | timer_create(evp)
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| 111 | fun:timer_create@@GLIBC_2.3.3
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| 112 | fun:check_get_clockid
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| 113 | fun:srunner_run
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| 114 | fun:main
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| 115 | }
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| 116 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para>
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| 119 | Install <application>libevdev</application> by running the following
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| 120 | commands:
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| 121 | </para>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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| 124 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | If you have the optional <xref linkend="check"/> package installed,
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| 128 | the regression tests can be run as the <systemitem
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| 129 | class="username">root</systemitem> user with
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| 130 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.
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| 131 | </para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>
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| 134 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 135 | </para>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect2>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 142 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 145 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 150 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <segmentedlist>
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| 153 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 154 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 155 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <seglistitem>
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| 158 | <seg>
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| 159 | touchpad-edge-detector
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| 160 | </seg>
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| 161 | <seg>
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| 162 | libevdev.so
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| 163 | </seg>
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| 164 | <seg>
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| 165 | None
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| 166 | </seg>
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| 167 | </seglistitem>
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| 168 | </segmentedlist>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <variablelist>
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| 171 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 172 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 173 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="libevdev-lib">
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| 176 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libevdev.so</filename></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>
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| 179 | contains API functions for accessing evdev devices.
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| 180 | </para>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="libevdev libevdev-lib">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="c-libevdev">libevdev.so</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | </variablelist>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | </sect2>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | </sect1>
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