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'''libserialport''' is a minimal, cross-platform shared library written in C that is intended to take care of the OS-specific details when writing software that uses serial ports. | '''libserialport''' is a minimal, cross-platform shared library written in C that is intended to take care of the OS-specific details when writing software that uses serial ports. | ||
It is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or later. | It is licensed under the terms of the '''GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or later'''. | ||
'''''Note:''' While libserialport is hosted on sigrok.org (and sigrok uses libserialport), this is a completely independent library that can be used by other projects as well. The libserialport library does '''not''' depend on any sigrok related libraries or projects.'' | |||
== Supported operating systems == | == Supported operating systems == | ||
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* Linux | * Linux | ||
* Mac OS X | * Mac OS X | ||
* FreeBSD | |||
* Windows | * Windows | ||
* Android | * Android | ||
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You can browse the [http://sigrok.org/api/libserialport/unstable/index.html API documentation] of the library online. | You can browse the [http://sigrok.org/api/libserialport/unstable/index.html API documentation] of the library online. | ||
== Distribution packages == | |||
See [[Downloads#Binaries_and_distribution_packages|Downloads]]. | |||
== Getting the code == | == Getting the code == | ||
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You can also [http://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=libserialport.git;a=tree browse the source code] via gitweb. | You can also [http://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=libserialport.git;a=tree browse the source code] via gitweb. | ||
== Building from source == | == Building from source == | ||
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$ '''make''' | $ '''make''' | ||
$ '''sudo make install''' | $ '''sudo make install''' | ||
'''Note:''' There are no dependencies (i.e., no other libraries are needed to build/use libserialport). | |||
== Debugging == | |||
To examine problems related to libserialport, verbose debug output can be enabled by setting the environment variable '''LIBSERIALPORT_DEBUG''' to any value. | |||
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Revision as of 01:36, 28 May 2015
libserialport is a minimal, cross-platform shared library written in C that is intended to take care of the OS-specific details when writing software that uses serial ports.
It is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or later.
Note: While libserialport is hosted on sigrok.org (and sigrok uses libserialport), this is a completely independent library that can be used by other projects as well. The libserialport library does not depend on any sigrok related libraries or projects.
Supported operating systems
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- FreeBSD
- Windows
- Android
API documentation
You can browse the API documentation of the library online.
Distribution packages
See Downloads.
Getting the code
$ git clone git://sigrok.org/libserialport
You can also browse the source code via gitweb.
Building from source
$ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure $ make $ sudo make install
Note: There are no dependencies (i.e., no other libraries are needed to build/use libserialport).
Debugging
To examine problems related to libserialport, verbose debug output can be enabled by setting the environment variable LIBSERIALPORT_DEBUG to any value.