Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.6

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libgusb-0.1.6

Introduction to libgusb

The libgusb package contains the GObject wrappers for libusb-1.0 that makes it easy to do asynchronous control, bulk and interrupt transfers with proper cancellation and integration into a mainloop.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 platform.

Package Information

libgusb Dependencies

Required

libusb-1.0.19 and udev-extras (from eudev) (for GUdev)

Recommended

gobject-introspection-1.40.0 and Vala-0.24.0

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.20

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libgusb

Installation of libgusb

Install libgusb by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libgusb.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gusb-1 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gusb

Short Descriptions

libgusb.so

contains the libgusb API functions.

Last updated on 2014-09-17 21:56:07 -0700