Installation of usbutils
Install usbutils by running the
following commands:
sed -i 's|DEST=|&/usr/share/|' update-usbids.sh &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
install -v -m755 update-usbids.sh /usr/sbin/update-usbids
Command Explanations
sed -i '...'
update-usbids.sh: This command is used to modify
the download script so that it will replace the existing file in
/usr/share instead of in the current
directory.
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
which-2.16 script or program to find
Wget-1.10.2 or Lynx-2.8.6 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: lsusb and
update-usbids
Installed
Libraries: None
Installed
Directories: None
Short Descriptions
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lsusb
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is a utility for displaying information about all USB
buses in the system and all devices connected to them.
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update-usbids
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downloads the current version of the USB ID list.
Requires Wget-1.10.2
or Lynx-2.8.6.
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Last updated on 2007-01-18 13:38:19 -0600