%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ usbutils-&usbutils-version; usbutils Introduction to usbutils The usbutils package contains a utility used to display information about USB buses in the system and the devices connected to them. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &usbutils-md5sum; Download size: &usbutils-size; Estimated disk space required: &usbutils-buildsize; Estimated build time: &usbutils-time; usbutils Dependencies Required and User Notes: Installation of usbutils Install usbutils by running the following commands: ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/usr/sbin \ --disable-zlib && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && mv -v /usr/sbin/update-usbids.sh /usr/sbin/update-usbids Command Explanations --disable-zlib: This stops usbutils from installing a compressed usb.ids alongside the uncompressed one. Configuring usbutils The usb.ids data file is constantly being updated. To get a current version of this file, run update-usbids as the root user. This program requires the script or program to find or which are used to download the most current file, and replace the existing file in /usr/share. You may wish to add an entry to root's (or any other user who has write privilege to /usr/share) crontab to automatically update the usb.ids file periodically. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories lsusb, update-usbids, and usb-devices None None Short Descriptions lsusb is a utility for displaying information about all USB buses in the system and all devices connected to them. lsusb update-usbids downloads the current version of the USB ID list. Requires or . update-usbids usb-devices is a shell script that displays details of USB buses and devices connected to them. It is designed to be used if /proc/bus/usb/devices is not available on your system. usb-devices