[52d29f7] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[52d29f7] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[fc3e01f] | 7 | <!ENTITY libusb-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libusb/libusb-&libusb-version;.tar.gz">
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[de49ebd] | 8 | <!ENTITY libusb-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY libusb-md5sum "caf182cbc7565dac0fd72155919672e6">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libusb-size "389 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libusb-buildsize "8.4 MB (includes installing all documentation)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY libusb-time "0.3 SBU (includes building all documentation)">
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[52d29f7] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[bdf5806e] | 15 | <sect1 id="libusb" xreflabel="libusb-&libusb-version;">
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[fc3e01f] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="libusb.html"?>
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[4c3474fe] | 17 |
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[fc3e01f] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[4f26c54] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">libusb-&libusb-version;.tar</keyword>
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[22ac237] | 23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">libusb</keyword>
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[4f26c54] | 24 | </keywordset>
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[fc3e01f] | 25 | </sect1info>
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[4c3474fe] | 26 |
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[1f3b7a7] | 27 | <title>libusb-&libusb-version;</title>
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[4c3474fe] | 28 |
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[fc3e01f] | 29 | <indexterm zone="libusb">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-Libusb">Libusb</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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[1f3b7a7] | 34 | <title>Introduction to libusb</title>
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[4c3474fe] | 35 |
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[fc3e01f] | 36 | <para>The <application>libusb</application> package contains a library
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| 37 | used by some applications for USB device access.</para>
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[4c3474fe] | 38 |
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[fc3e01f] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libusb-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libusb-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &libusb-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &libusb-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &libusb-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &libusb-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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[4c3474fe] | 60 |
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[1f3b7a7] | 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libusb Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[4c3474fe] | 62 |
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[de49ebd] | 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 64 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional
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| 67 | (Required to Build the HTML User Manual)</bridgehead>
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[4f26c54] | 68 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openjade"/> and
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[74390482] | 69 | <ulink url="http://www.docbook.org/sgml/4.2/index.html"> DocBOOK SGML
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[4c3474fe] | 70 | DTD-4.2</ulink></para>
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| 71 |
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[de49ebd] | 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional
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| 73 | (Required to Build the API Documentation)</bridgehead>
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[4f26c54] | 74 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="doxygen"/> and
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[6722219] | 75 | <xref linkend="graphviz"/></para>
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[4c3474fe] | 76 |
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[1039de3] | 77 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 78 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libusb"/></para>
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| 79 |
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[fc3e01f] | 80 | </sect2>
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[4c3474fe] | 81 |
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[fc3e01f] | 82 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[1f3b7a7] | 83 | <title>Installation of libusb</title>
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[fc3e01f] | 84 |
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[74390482] | 85 | <para>Install <application>libusb</application> by running the following
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[fc3e01f] | 86 | commands:</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-build-docs &&
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| 89 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 90 |
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[1f3b7a7] | 91 | <para>If you wish to build the API documentation (see the required
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| 92 | dependencies), issue the following command:</para>
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[fc3e01f] | 93 |
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| 94 | <screen><userinput>make apidox</userinput></screen>
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[4c3474fe] | 95 |
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[1f3b7a7] | 96 | <para>To test the results, issue <command>make -k check</command>.</para>
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| 97 |
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[fc3e01f] | 98 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[4c3474fe] | 99 |
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[fc3e01f] | 100 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 101 |
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[1f3b7a7] | 102 | <para>If you built the HTML user manual (by having the required
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| 103 | dependencies installed and removing the
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| 104 | <parameter>--disable-build-docs</parameter> parameter from the
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| 105 | <command>configure</command> command), install it using the following
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| 106 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[fc3e01f] | 107 |
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| 108 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/html &&
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| 109 | install -v -m644 doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/html</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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[1f3b7a7] | 111 | <para>If you built the API documentation, install it using the following
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| 112 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[fc3e01f] | 113 |
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| 114 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/apidocs &&
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[4c288b0] | 115 | install -v -m644 apidocs/html/* \
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| 116 | /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/apidocs</userinput></screen>
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[4c3474fe] | 117 |
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[fc3e01f] | 118 | </sect2>
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[4c3474fe] | 119 |
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[fc3e01f] | 120 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 121 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 122 |
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[1f3b7a7] | 123 | <para><parameter>--disable-build-docs</parameter>: This switch avoids
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[de49ebd] | 124 | building the HTML user manual. Remove it if you have the required
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| 125 | dependencies installed and wish to build the manual.</para>
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[4412b30b] | 126 |
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[fc3e01f] | 127 | </sect2>
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[4c3474fe] | 128 |
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[fc3e01f] | 129 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 130 | <title>Configuring Libusb</title>
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| 131 |
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[74390482] | 132 | <para><application>libusb</application> requires the
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| 133 | <systemitem class="filesystem">usbfs</systemitem> kernel filesystem
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| 134 | to be mounted on <filename class="directory">/proc/bus/usb</filename>.
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| 135 | Applications require the files in this directory to be accessible to the user,
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| 136 | sometimes for both reading and writing. To restrict access to USB devices,
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| 137 | ensure the <systemitem class="filesystem">usb</systemitem> group exits
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| 138 | on your system. If necessary, create the <systemitem
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[fc3e01f] | 139 | class="filesystem">usb</systemitem> group using the following command:</para>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <screen role='root'><userinput>groupadd -g 14 usb</userinput></screen>
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| 142 |
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[74390482] | 143 | <para id="libusb-kernel">Ensure that you have compiled the <quote>USB device
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| 144 | filesystem</quote> directly into the kernel or compiled it as a module
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| 145 | (listing the resulting <quote>usbcore</quote> module in the
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| 146 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/modules</filename> file). You should also have an
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[4c3474fe] | 147 | entry similar to the line below in your <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
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[fc3e01f] | 148 | file:</para>
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[4c3474fe] | 149 |
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[fc3e01f] | 150 | <indexterm zone="libusb libusb-kernel">
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| 151 | <primary sortas="d-USB-device-filesystem">USB device filesystem</primary>
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| 152 | </indexterm>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <screen><literal>usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0</literal></screen>
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[4c3474fe] | 155 |
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[fc3e01f] | 156 | </sect2>
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[4c3474fe] | 157 |
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[fc3e01f] | 158 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 159 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <segmentedlist>
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| 162 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 163 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 164 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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[4c3474fe] | 165 |
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[fc3e01f] | 166 | <seglistitem>
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[7833af6] | 167 | <seg>libusb-config</seg>
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[1039de3] | 168 | <seg>libusb.{so,a} and libusbpp.{so,a}</seg>
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[fc3e01f] | 169 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;</seg>
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| 170 | </seglistitem>
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| 171 | </segmentedlist>
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[4c3474fe] | 172 |
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[fc3e01f] | 173 | <variablelist>
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| 174 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 175 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 176 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[4c3474fe] | 177 |
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[7833af6] | 178 | <varlistentry id="libusb-config">
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| 179 | <term><command>libusb-config</command></term>
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[fc3e01f] | 180 | <listitem>
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[74390482] | 181 | <para>is a script that provides the right compiler and linker
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| 182 | flags for programs using
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[fc3e01f] | 183 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libusb</filename>.</para>
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[7833af6] | 184 | <indexterm zone="libusb libusb-config">
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| 185 | <primary sortas="b-libusb-config">libusb-config</primary>
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[fc3e01f] | 186 | </indexterm>
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| 187 | </listitem>
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| 188 | </varlistentry>
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[4c3474fe] | 189 |
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[fc3e01f] | 190 | <varlistentry id="libusb-lib">
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[1039de3] | 191 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libusb.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[fc3e01f] | 192 | <listitem>
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[74390482] | 193 | <para> libraries contain C functions for accessing
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[fc3e01f] | 194 | USB hardware.</para>
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| 195 | <indexterm zone="libusb libusb-lib">
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[1039de3] | 196 | <primary sortas="c-libusb">libusb.{so,a}</primary>
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[fc3e01f] | 197 | </indexterm>
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| 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 | </varlistentry>
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[4c3474fe] | 200 |
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[fc3e01f] | 201 | </variablelist>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | </sect2>
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[bdf5806e] | 204 |
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| 205 | </sect1>
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