Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.0-816

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Umockdev-0.17.18

Introduction to Umockdev

The Umockdev package contains a framework that allows a developer to mock devices for use in unit testing.

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Package Information

Umockdev Dependencies

Required

libgudev-238, libpcap-1.10.4, and Vala-0.56.14

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.33.2 and libgphoto2 (optional for tests)

Installation of Umockdev

Install Umockdev by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test. One test needs to be run in an X session.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-Dgtk_doc=true: Use this switch if you have GTK-Doc-1.33.2 installed and wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

Contents

Installed Programs: umockdev-record, umockdev-run, and umockdev-wrapper
Installed Libraries: libumockdev-preload.so and libumockdev.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/umockdev-1.0

Short Descriptions

umockdev-record

records Linux devices and their ancestors from sysfs/udev or records ioctls for a device

umockdev-run

runs a program under an umockdev testbed

umockdev-wrapper

wraps a program around libumockdev-preload.so.0 through LD_PRELOAD

libumockdev.so

provides API functions that allow mocking hardware devices for unit testing