source: general/genlib/libusb.xml@ 2d0650b

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libusb-download-http "https://github.com//libusb/libusb/releases/download/v&libusb-version;/libusb-&libusb-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY libusb-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libusb-md5sum        "1e29700f6a134766d32b36b8d1d61a95">
  <!ENTITY libusb-size          "592 KB">
  <!ENTITY libusb-buildsize     "6.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY libusb-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libusb" xreflabel="libusb-&libusb-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libusb.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libusb-&libusb-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libusb">
    <primary sortas="a-libusb">libusb</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libusb</title>

    <para>
      The <application>libusb</application> package contains a library
      used by some applications for USB device access.
    </para>

    &lfs90_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libusb-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libusb-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libusb-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libusb-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libusb-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libusb-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libusb Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="doxygen"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libusb"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libusb</title>

    <note>
      <para>
        This package does not support parallel build.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      Install <application>libusb</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i "s/^PROJECT_LOGO/#&amp;/" doc/doxygen.cfg.in &amp;&amp;

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make -j1</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If <application>Doxygen</application> is installed and you wish to
      build the API documentation, issue the following command:
    </para>

<screen remap="doc"><userinput>make -C doc docs</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you built the API documentation, install it using the following
      commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"
        remap="doc"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/apidocs &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644    doc/html/* \
                    /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;/apidocs</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i ...</command>: This sed prevents a warning when 
      building the documentation.
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Libusb</title>

    <para id="libusb-kernel">
      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:
    </para>

<screen><literal>Device Drivers ---&gt;
  [*] USB support ---&gt;                   [CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT]
    &lt;*/M&gt; Support for Host-side USB      [CONFIG_USB]
    (Select any USB hardware device drivers you may need on the same page)</literal></screen>

    <indexterm zone="libusb libusb-kernel">
      <primary sortas="d-USB-device-filesystem">Support for Host-side USB</primary>
    </indexterm>

    <para>
      For more details on setting up USB devices, see <xref
      linkend="usb-device-issues"/>.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libusb-1.0.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/libusb-1.0 and
          /usr/share/doc/libusb-&libusb-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libusb-lib">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libusb-1.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains API functions used for accessing USB hardware.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libusb libusb-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libusb">libusb-1.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>