Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 2021-04-13

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libgusb-0.3.6

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-10.1 platform.

Package Information

libgusb Dependencies

Required

libusb-1.0.24

Recommended

GTK-Doc-1.33.2, gobject-introspection-1.68.0, usbutils-013 (for usb.ids data file, which is also required for the tests), and Vala-0.52.0

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

Installation of libgusb

Install libgusb by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr -Ddocs=false .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-Ddocs=true: Use this option if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to install the documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: gusbcmd
Installed Library: libgusb.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gusb-1 and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gusb (if gtk-doc is used)

Short Descriptions

gusbcmd

is a debugging tool for the libgusb library

libgusb.so

contains the libgusb API functions

Last updated on 2021-03-16 19:30:36 -0500