libftdi-1.0 is not in Debian or Ubuntu; I presume that's because it hasn't yet been released. I imagine the distros would like to keep one version, not two, if possible.
The naming (libftdi1) is because the SONAME was bumped from 0 to 1 by this commit back in 2007: http://developer.intra2net.com/git/?p=libftdi;a=commit;h=47aad3776a1e38598953e5c59e88c06ee7c45087 due to backwards-incompatible changes to struct ftdi_context, even though the human-friendly version is still called "0.x". libftdi-1.x has a SONAME of 2 so the Debian package would be "libftdi2" -jim John Battle wrote: > Vivien > > Thanks for the answers, but I am still having difficulty (see commands > below). As you can see, the installer seems to believe that the latest > version of libftdi (libftdi1) is already installed, but when I run > libftdi-config --version it still indicates that the version is 0.18. What > gives?? > > Thanks again > John Battle > > $ sudo apt-get install libftdi1 > [sudo] password for jobattle: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > libftdi1 is already the newest version. > libftdi1 set to manually installed. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > $ libusb-config --version > 0.1.12 > $ libftdi-config --version > 0.18 > > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Vivien Giraud <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 06/05/2012 02:00 AM, John Battle wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> I have a couple of questions regarding libftdi/libusb on Linux 64 Bit > >> (Kernel 3.0) Ubuntu 11.10. > >> > >> I am attempting to communicate with a FT2232H and would like some advice: > >> > >> 1. How can I tell which library versions I have installed on a system? > >> > > > > libusb-config --version > > > > > > > >> 2. Can I have more than one version installed at the same time? > >> > > I don't think you can. > > > > > >> 3. I need to communicate in the high speed mode. Is there any advantage > >> to installing libftdi-1.0 or can I just stick to ther version that got > >> installed with the os installation. > >> > > If I remember well you need libftdi version 0.16 minimum for high speed > > > > > >> 4. Is there a binary of 1.0 or do I have to build it from source (I had > >> trouble getting it to build) > >> > > What is you problem ? > > Did you try sudo apt-get install libftdi1 ? > > > > > >> 5. How can I most easily test to see that I am communicating with the > >> FTDI chip? Can I send a file and looking at the chip pins with a scope or > >> something like that? > >> > > It's depend what do you want to do, if you want to upload an image to a > > target use OpenOCD, if you want to test your pins use a scope or a led > > connected on it. > > > > > >> 6. What is the best way to get data into the chip at a rate of around > >> 20MBPS? Serial or parallel or does it matter? > >> > > You can see source code of openOCD for this it could be usefull, maybe. > > > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> John Battle > >> Caltech > >> > >> Vivien > > > > -- > > libftdi - see > > http://www.intra2net.com/en/**developer/libftdi<http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi>for > > details. > > To unsubscribe send a mail to libftdi+unsubscribe@developer.** > > intra2net.com <libftdi%[email protected]> > > > > > -- > libftdi - see http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi for details. > To unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] -- libftdi - see http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi for details. To unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
