source: general/sysutils/udev.xml@ f56ef5d3

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY udev-download-http "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-&udev-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY udev-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY udev-md5sum        "b3d3b5f88c7b81e7615700a04db685e1">
  <!ENTITY udev-size          "517 KB">
  <!ENTITY udev-buildsize     "11 MB">
  <!ENTITY udev-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

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

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

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

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

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

    <para><application>Udev</application> was indeed installed in LFS and there
    is no reason to reinstall it unless you are going to install
    <application>DeviceKit-power</application>. This installation of Udev
    enables extra features which includes <application>gudev</application>, a
    requirement for <application>DeviceKit-power</application>.</para>

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
    <xref linkend="acl"/>,
    <xref linkend="pciutils"/>, and
    <xref linkend="usbutils"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/></para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --sbindir=/sbin \
    --with-rootlibdir=/lib --libexecdir=/lib/udev \
    --docdir=/usr/share/doc/udev-145 &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

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

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

  </sect2>

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

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

    <para><option>--enable-introspection</option>: This option enables GObject
    introspection.</para>

  </sect2>

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

    <para>A list of the installed files, along with their short descriptions
    can be found at
    <ulink url="&lfs-root;/chapter06/udev.html#contents-udev"/>.</para>

    <para>The following is some additional content information.</para>

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>hid2hci, keymap, modem-modeswitch, pci-db, udev-acl, usb-db, and v4l_id</seg>
        <seg>libgudev-1.0.so</seg>
        <seg>/lib/udev/{keymaps,rules.d},
        /usr/{include/gudev-1.0/gudev,share/{doc/udev-145/writing_udev_rules,
        gtk-doc/html/{gudev,libudev}}}</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="hid2hci">
        <term><command>hid2hci</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a Bluetooth HID to HCI mode switching utility.</para>
          <indexterm zone="udev hid2hci">
            <primary sortas="b-hid2hci">hid2hci</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="keymap">
        <term><command>keymap</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>configures computer model specific key mappings.</para>
          <indexterm zone="udev keymap">
            <primary sortas="b-keymap">keymap</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

<!--      <varlistentry id="modem-modeswitch">
        <term><command>modem-modeswitch</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>does this .....</para>
          <indexterm zone="udev modem-modeswitch">
            <primary sortas="b-modem-modeswitch">modem-modeswitch</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pci-db">
        <term><command>pci-db</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>does this .....</para>
          <indexterm zone="udev pci-db">
            <primary sortas="b-pci-db">pci-db</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="udev-acl">
        <term><command>udev-acl</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>does this .....</para>
          <indexterm zone="udev udev-acl">
            <primary sortas="b-udev-acl">udev-acl</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="usb-db">
        <term><command>usb-db</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>does this .....</para>
          <indexterm zone="udev usb-db">
            <primary sortas="b-usb-db">usb-db</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="v4l_id">
        <term><command>v4l_id</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>does this .....</para>
          <indexterm zone="udev v4l_id">
            <primary sortas="b-v4l_id">v4l_id</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry> -->

      <varlistentry id="libgudev-1.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgudev-1.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a GObject-based wrapper library for libudev.</para>
          <indexterm zone="udev libgudev-1.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgudev-1.0">libgudev-1.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>