%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Libusb The libusb package contains a library used by some applications for USB device access. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libusb-md5sum; Download size: &libusb-size; Estimated disk space required: &libusb-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libusb-time; libusb Dependencies Optional Optional (Required to Build the HTML User Manual) and DocBOOK SGML DTD-4.2 Optional (Required to Build the API Documentation) and User Notes: Install libusb by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-build-docs && make If you wish to build the API documentation (see the required dependencies), issue the following command: make apidox To test the results, issue make -k check. Now, as the root user: make install If you built the HTML user manual (by having the required dependencies installed and removing the --disable-build-docs parameter from the configure command), install it using the following commands as the root user: install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/html && install -v -m644 doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/html If you built the API documentation, install it using the following commands as the root user: install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/apidocs && install -v -m644 apidocs/html/* \ /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/apidocs --disable-build-docs: This switch avoids building the HTML user manual. Remove it if you have the required dependencies installed and wish to build the manual. To access raw USB devices (those not treated as a disk by the mass-storage driver), appropriate support must be available in the kernel. Check your kernel configuration for Device Drivers ⇒ USB support ⇒ Support for Host-side USB. Select any USB hardware device drivers you may need on the same page. Support for Host-side USB To have raw USB devices set up properly, add the following udev rule and add any users that need to access raw USB devices to the "usb" group. cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/23-usb-rules << "EOF" # Set group ownership for raw USB devices SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GROUP="usb" EOF Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directory libusb-config libusb.{so,a} and libusbpp.{so,a} /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version; Short Descriptions libusb-config is a script that provides the right compiler and linker flags for programs using libusb. libusb-config libusb.{so,a} libraries contain C functions for accessing USB hardware. libusb.{so,a}