glfs/general/genlib/libgusb.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libgusb-download-http "https://github.com/hughsie/libgusb/releases/download/&libgusb-version;/libgusb-&libgusb-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY libgusb-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libgusb-md5sum        "6b8dfb57b2828562ed007fc84ab6af67">
  <!ENTITY libgusb-size          "52 KB">
  <!ENTITY libgusb-buildsize     "2.6 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY libgusb-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
]>

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


  <title>libgusb-&libgusb-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libgusb">
    <primary sortas="a-libgusb">libgusb</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

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

    &lfs112_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="json-glib"/> and
      <xref linkend="libusb"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
      <xref linkend="umockdev"/>,
      <xref linkend="usbutils"/> (for <filename>usb.ids</filename> data file,
      which is also required for the tests), and
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gi-docgen"/>
    </para>

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

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

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

    <screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Ddocs=false .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
    </para>

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

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

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Ddocs=false</parameter>: building documentation needs
      <xref linkend="gi-docgen"/>. Remove this switch if you have
      installed <application>gi-docgen</application>, and you wish to build
      the API documentation.  If this option is used, use the following
      command to fix the directory name of the API documentation after
      this package is installed:
    </para>

<screen role='nodump'><userinput>mv -v /usr/share/doc/libgusb{,-&libgusb-version;}</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          gusbcmd
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libgusb.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/gusb-1 and
          /usr/share/doc/libgusb-&libgusb-version; (if gi-docgen is used)
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="gusbcmd">
        <term><command>gusbcmd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a debugging tool for the libgusb library
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libgusb gusbcmd">
            <primary sortas="b-gusbcmd">gusbcmd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgusb-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgusb.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>libgusb</application> API functions
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libgusb libgusb-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libgusb">libgusb.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>