Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 8.3

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libusb-1.0.22

Introduction to libusb

The libusb package contains a library used by some applications for USB device access.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.

Package Information

libusb Dependencies

Optional

Doxygen-1.8.14

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

Installation of libusb

[Note]

Note

This package does not support parallel build.

Install libusb by running the following commands: 

sed -i "s/^PROJECT_LOGO/#&/" doc/doxygen.cfg.in &&

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make -j1

If Doxygen is installed and you wish to build the API documentation, issue the following command: 

make -C doc docs

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

If you built the API documentation, install it using the following commands as the root user: 

install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/libusb-1.0.22/apidocs &&
install -v -m644    doc/html/* \
                    /usr/share/doc/libusb-1.0.22/apidocs

Command Explanations

sed -i ...: This sed prevents a warning when building the documentation.

Configuring Libusb

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: 

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

For more details on setting up USB devices, see the section called “USB Device Issues”.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libusb-1.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libusb-1.0 and /usr/share/doc/libusb-1.0.22

Short Descriptions

libusb-1.0.so

contains API functions used for accessing USB hardware.

Last updated on 2018-08-18 14:53:19 -0700