%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ The libusb package contains a library used by some applications for USB device access. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &libusb-size; Estimated Disk space required: &libusb-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libusb-time; and Install libusb by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-build-docs && make && make install --disable-build-docs: This switch avoids building the documentation. If you wish to build the documentation , you may need to remove the OpenSP catalog definitions from the system SGML catalogs. Use the following commands before building the package to accomplish this: sed -i.orig -e "/CATALOG \/etc\/sgml\/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat/d" \ /etc/sgml/catalog && sed -i.orig -e "/CATALOG \/etc\/sgml\/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat/d" \ /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat If desired, restore the orginal SGML catalogs after the build is complete using the following commands: cp /etc/sgml/catalog.orig /etc/sgml/catalog && cp /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat.orig /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat libusb requires the usbfs kernel filesystem to be mounted on /proc/bus/usb. Applications require the files in this directory to be accessible to the user, sometimes for both reading and writing. To restrict access to USB devices, ensure the usb group exits on your system. If necessary, create the usb group using the following command: groupadd -g 14 usb Compiling the USB device filesystem as a kernel module is not recommended. However, if you did compile it as a module, you can install an init script to mount usbfs at system boot-up. An init script is included in the package and is installed using the following command: make install-usb If you've compiled the USB device filesystem directly into the kernel, ensure you have the appropriate entry in the /etc/fstab file. You should have an entry similar to the line below: usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0 The libusb package contains libusb libraries, the /usr/include/usb.h header, and a usb-config script. libusb libraries contain C functions for accessing USB hardware. The usb-config script provides the right compiler and linker flags for programs using this library.