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README
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The sigrok project aims at creating a portable, cross-platform,
Free/Libre/Open-Source signal analysis software suite that supports various
device types (such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and more).

libsigrokdecode is a shared library written in C which provides the basic
API for running sigrok protocol decoders. The protocol decoders themselves
are written in Python.


Status
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libsigrokdecode is in a usable state and has had official tarball releases.

While the API can change from release to release, this will always be
properly documented and reflected in the package version number and
in the shared library / libtool / .so-file version numbers.

However, there are _NO_ guarantees at all for stable APIs in git snapshots!
Distro packagers should only use released tarballs (no git snapshots).


Requirements
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 - git
 - gcc (>= 4.0)
 - make
 - autoconf >= 2.63
 - automake >= 1.11
 - libtool
 - pkg-config >= 0.22
 - libglib >= 2.24.0
 - Python >= 3.0


Building and installing
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In order to get the libsigrokdecode source code and build it, run:

 $ git clone git://sigrok.org/libsigrokdecode
 $ cd libsigrokdecode
 $ ./autogen.sh
 $ ./configure
 $ make

For installing libsigrokdecode:

 $ make install

See INSTALL or the following wiki page for more (OS-specific) instructions:

 http://sigrok.org/wiki/Building


Mailing lists
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There are two mailing lists for sigrok/libsigrokdecode:

 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel
 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-commits


IRC
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You can find the sigrok developers in the #sigrok IRC channel on Freenode.


Website
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 http://sigrok.org/wiki/Libsigrokdecode