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2 libgphoto2 README.packaging
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5 This file describes a number of things you should know when building
6 packages (.debs, .rpms, ports, emerges, etc. pp.)
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10 libgphoto2 and libgphoto2_port
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13 The libgphoto2 library builds on the libgphoto2_port library, which is
14 thus internally contained within every libgphoto2 release. By
15 installing libgphoto2, you always also install libgphoto2_port.
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22 A standard install of libgphoto2 does about this:
24 * The most important files:
25 * ${libdir}/libgphoto2.{a,la,so}
26 * ${libdir}/libgphoto2/<VERSION>/*.{a,la,so} (camlibs)
27 * ${libdir}/libgphoto2_port.{a,la,so}
28 * ${libdir}/libgphoto2_port/<VERSION>/*.{a,la,so} (iolibs)
29 In most cases, you can remove the *.a and *.la files from the
30 list of files to ship.
32 * ${utilsdir}/libgphoto2/print-camera-list
33 * ${utilsdir}/libgphoto2/print-usb-usermap (linux-hotplug, obsolete)
34 * ${udevscriptdir}/check-mtp-device
35 * ${udevscriptdir}/check-ptp-camera
36 Defaults: utilsdir=${libdir}, ${udevscriptdir}=${libdir}/udev.
37 You probably want to ./configure udevscriptdir=/lib/udev and possibly
38 utilsdir='${libexecdir}', depending on your system.
41 * ${mandir}/man3/libgphoto3.1
42 * ${mandir}/man3/libgphoto3_port.1
43 * ${docdir}/camlibs/README.* (camlib docs)
44 * ${docdir}/{README,AUTHORS,NEWS}
45 * ${docdir}/apidocs.html/ API docs
46 * ${docdir}/{README,AUTHORS,NEWS}
47 You may want to install these files into your custom locations.
48 If you separate library from libfoo-devel packages, the former
49 should probably ship with the camlib docs, and the general README
50 and NEWS. Try configure --with-docdir=.
52 * ${datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/libgphoto2-2.mo
53 * ${datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/libgphoto2_port-0.mo
54 * ${datadir}/libgphoto2/<VERSION>/konica/*
55 These files are required for the konica camlib to work at all.
57 * ${includedir}/gphoto2/gphoto2*.h
58 * ${libdir}/pkgconfig/libgphoto2.pc
59 * ${libdir}/pkgconfig/libgphoto2_port.pc
61 Note that utilsdir, udevscriptdir, etc. can be set at configure
62 time. See "configure --help".
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69 We consider it a bug in the package if the package does not offer a
70 way for the user to just plug in his camera and use it. This may at
71 most require adding the user to a "camera" or "plugdev" group.
73 You will want to create HAL or UDEV rules by running this utility:
77 This utility requires libgphoto2 and its camlibs being installed,
80 * at package building time by doing a DESTDIR based temporary
81 install somewhere and setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH and CAMLIBS before
82 running print-camera-list
83 * at package installation time as a post installation hook
85 The UDEV rules require two helper scripts/binaries, which obviously
86 need to be installed by the package:
88 * check-mtp-device (not working yet)
91 You can either use fixed permissions in the generated rules, or call
92 your own permission setup script to dynamically decide what to do.
94 (Contemporary example scripts are not being shipped yet.)
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101 The recommended way to use libgphoto2 in a build process is to use
102 pkg-config and thus these files really should be shipped in a package:
104 * /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgphoto2.pc
105 * /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgphoto2_port.pc
107 We are still shipping
109 * /usr/bin/gphoto2-config
110 * /usr/bin/gphoto2-port-config
112 for compatibility reasons, but that will obviously break when you have
113 a /usr/lib64 vs. /usr/lib conflict. That problem is one the packager
114 will have to resolve - we consider this mechanism obsolete.
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