glfs/general/sysutils/bluez.xml

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  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY bluez-download-http "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-&bluez-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY bluez-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-&bluez-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY bluez-md5sum        "5e6e41f0a275092ace303e813cd6f33b">
  <!ENTITY bluez-size          "1.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY bluez-buildsize     "51 MB">
  <!ENTITY bluez-time          "0.6 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="bluez" xreflabel="BlueZ-&bluez-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="bluez.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>BlueZ-&bluez-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="bluez">
    <primary sortas="a-BlueZ">BlueZ</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to BlueZ</title>

    <para>
      The <application>BlueZ</application> package contains the
      Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux.
    </para>

    &lfs75_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&bluez-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&bluez-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &bluez-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &bluez-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &bluez-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &bluez-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">BlueZ Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
      <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libical"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/bluez"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>


  <sect2 role="kernel" id="bluez-kernel">
    <title>Kernel Configuration</title>

    <para>
      Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the
      kernel if necessary:
    </para>

<screen><literal>[*] Networking support --->
  &lt;*&gt; or &lt;M&gt; Bluetooth subsystem support --->
    &lt;*&gt; or &lt;M&gt; RFCOMM protocol support
    [*] RFCOMM TTY support
    &lt;*&gt; or &lt;M&gt; BNEP protocol support
    [*] Multicast filter support
    [*] Protocol filter support
    &lt;*&gt; or &lt;M&gt; HIDP protocol support

    Bluetooth device drivers ---></literal></screen>

    <para>
      Select the appropriate drivers for your Bluetooth hardware.
    </para>

    <indexterm zone="bluez bluez-kernel">
      <primary sortas="d-bluez">bluez</primary>
    </indexterm>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of BlueZ</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>BlueZ</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr         \
            --sysconfdir=/etc     \
            --localstatedir=/var  \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
            --enable-library      \
            --disable-systemd     &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Install the main configuration file as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /etc/bluetooth &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 src/main.conf /etc/bluetooth/main.conf</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If desired, install the API documentation as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/bluez-&bluez-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/*.txt /usr/share/doc/bluez-&bluez-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>


  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <parameter>--enable-library</parameter>: This switch enables building of the
      <application>BlueZ</application> 4 compatibility library which is required by
      some applications.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--disable-systemd</parameter>: This switch is needed for
      <application>systemd</application> is not part of LFS/BLFS. If you are
      using systemd, remove this switch.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring BlueZ</title>

    <sect3 id="bluez-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>
      <para>
        <filename>/etc/bluetooth/main.conf</filename>
      </para>

      <indexterm zone="bluez bluez-config">
        <primary
        sortas="e-etc-bluetooth-main.conf">/etc/bluetooth/main.conf</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3  id="bluez-init">
      <title>Boot Script</title>

      <para>
        To automatically start the <command>bluetoothd</command> daemon when the
        system is rebooted, install the
        <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/bluetooth</filename> bootscript from the
        <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
      </para>

      <indexterm zone="bluez bluez-init">
        <primary sortas="f-bluetooth">bluetooth</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-bluetooth</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          bccmd, bluemoon, bluetoothctl, bluetoothd, btmon, ciptool,
          hciattach, hciconfig, hcidump, hcitool, hid2hci, l2ping,
          l2test, obexd, rctest, rfcomm, and sdptool
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libbluetooth.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/bluetooth,
          /usr/include/bluetooth,
          /usr/libexec/bluetooth, and
          /usr/share/doc/bluez-&bluez-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="bccmd">
        <term><command>bccmd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to issue BlueCore commands to Cambridge Silicon
            Radio devices.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez bccmd">
            <primary sortas="b-bccmd">bccmd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="bluetoothd">
        <term><command>bluetoothd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Bluetooth daemon.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez bluetoothd">
            <primary sortas="b-bluetoothd">bluetoothd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ciptool">
        <term><command>ciptool</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the CIP configuration
            of the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez ciptool">
            <primary sortas="b-ciptool">ciptool</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="hciattach">
        <term><command>hciattach</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to attach a serial UART to the Bluetooth stack
            as HCI transport interface.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez hciattach">
            <primary sortas="b-hciattach">hciattach</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="hciconfig">
        <term><command>hciconfig</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to configure Bluetooth devices.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez hciconfig">
            <primary sortas="b-hciconfig">hciconfig</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="hcitool">
        <term><command>hcitool</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to configure Bluetooth connections and send some
            special command to Bluetooth devices.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez hcitool">
            <primary sortas="b-hcitool">hcitool</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="hid2hci">
        <term><command>hid2hci</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to set up switch supported Bluetooth devices into
            the HCI mode and back.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez hid2hci">
            <primary sortas="b-hid2hci">hid2hci</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="l2ping">
        <term><command>l2ping</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to send a L2CAP echo request to the Bluetooth MAC
            address given in dotted hex notation.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez l2ping">
            <primary sortas="b-l2ping">l2ping</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rctest">
        <term><command>rctest</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to test RFCOMM communications on the
            Bluetooth stack.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez rctest">
            <primary sortas="b-rctest">rctest</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rfcomm">
        <term><command>rfcomm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the RFCOMM
            configuration of the Bluetooth subsystem in the
            Linux kernel.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez rfcomm">
            <primary sortas="b-rfcomm">rfcomm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="sdptool">
        <term><command>sdptool</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to perform SDP queries on Bluetooth devices.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez sdptool">
            <primary sortas="b-sdptool">sdptool</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libbluetooth">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libbluetooth.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>BlueZ</application> 4 API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="bluez libbluetooth">
            <primary sortas="c-libbluetooth">libbluetooth.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>