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LibUsbDotNet 2.2.8
Getting Started With Linux
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LibUsbDotNet is compatible with linux/unix-like operating systems that support mono.net 2.0 and libusb v1.x.
Prerequisites
Note:The user must have appropriate access permissions to the usb device before it can be used with linux. This is true for most unix-like OSes.
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If your platform has its own package manager (Aptitude, Synaptic, etc), use it to download and install the required software packages below.
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Download and install the libusb-1.0 package.
If libusb-1.0 binaries do not exists for your platform, you must build them from source. Building libusb-1.0 from source is very straightforward. See the INSTALL documentation file in the libusb-1.0 source package for more details.
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Download and install the Mono.Net 2.x package.
The pre-compiled Mono.Net runtime binaries are available for nearly all platforms. However, for information on bulding the mono.net runtime from source see Compiling_Mono.
Using the pre-built LibUsbDotNet Binary package.-
Download the LibUsbDotNet_Bin package and unzip it to a new sub-directory (LibUsbDotNet_Bin).
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Open a terminal window and navigate to the new LibUsbDotNet_Bin directory.
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Run the Test_Info application by typing: mono Test_Info.exe
Test_Info should find all USB devices the user has access to and provides a device count in the status bar. If no devices are found, verify the user has sufficient access permissions, or try running as the root user.
Building LibUsbDotNet From Source-
Download the LibUsbDotNet_Src package and unzip it to a new sub-directory (LibUsbDotNet_Src).
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Open a terminal window and navigate to the new LibUsbDotNet_Src directory.
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The LibUsbDotNet.sln can be built with the xbuild tool:
xbuild LibUsbDotNet.sln
Next Steps - All example and test applications other than Test_Info have special requirements of the usb device (generally a loopback on Ep1).
- The InfWizard is incompatible with Linux.