Thanks! I'll try installing libusb-devel and disabling libhal.

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:29 AM, David Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I haven't used Mandriva, but based on how things work in Fedora, I would 
> suspect you do.  If it's like Fedora, libusb provides only the compiled .so 
> needed by running programs.  libusb-devel provides the extra bits that 
> developers need to actually compile things that require libusb.  Since most 
> end users don't compile stuff and the devel files take up extra space, 
> they're packaged separately so those who do development work can install just 
> what they need.
>
> - David
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sihan Goi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: MUSCLE <muscle@lists.musclecard.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Muscle] problem building pcsc-lite 1.4.102
>> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:55:35 +0800
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> After some reading it seems like libhal is used to detect events, such
>> as perhaps card reader plugged in, card inserted, etc. It is used by
>> default in newer pcsc-lite versions, replacing libusb, which is
>> probably why when I --disable-libhal, the usb.h error message came up?
>>
>> Supposing I wish to use libusb polling instead of being event driven,
>> I'm guessing I can safely --disable-libhal? However, I'm still
>> confused as to why I get the usb error message, since I already have
>> libusb installed. Do I need libusb-devel as well for it to work?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Sihan Goi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the advice. Right after posting the message I wondered if I
>> > had installed make. Turned out I haven't. I installed it and it built
>> > w/o errors.
>> >
>> > With that being said, you're right in that I don't know what libhal or
>> > libusb are, though I do know libusb is a USB related library
>> > obviously. I do also have libusb installed, so I'm not sure why it
>> > would complain. I did a locate usb.h but could not find the file
>> > though, so maybe I need something other than libusb? libusb-devel
>> > perhaps?
>> >
>> > I tried searching the Mandriva CDs for these packages but could not
>> > find them. Could you advise me on the significance of these missing
>> > packages, and where and how to install them if they are absolutely
>> > necessary?
>> >
>> > Also, this Mandriva box is simply a development PC. Ultimately I will
>> > be attempting to install pcsclite as well as ccid on a bare kernel
>> > that I've compiled(version 2.6.22.19 if that matters), which is partly
>> > why I'm messing around with the generic version...so that I will be
>> > familiar enough to do the installation later on the bare kernel.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks again.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Ludovic Rousseau
>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Sihan Goi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >>> I'm trying to build the latest version of pcsc-lite on my Mandrive
>> >>> 2008.1 box. I've untar'ed it and when I do a ./configure I get an
>> >>> error asking me to either install libhal or include --disable-libhal,
>> >>> so I chose the latter. Then I got an error saying that usb.h cannot be
>> >>> found, even though I have libusb installed, so I included
>> >>> --disable-libusb as well. Now ./configure completes, but when I try to
>> >>> make, it says make not found. What's wrong?
>> >>
>> >> Install the "make" package to have the "make" command.
>> >>
>> >> Maybe you should start with a version of pcsc-lite already packaged
>> >> for your distribution. I will be an older version but much easier to
>> >> use if you are not used to recompile softwares from source code.
>> >>
>> >> It is NOT a good idea to disable features unless you know what you are
>> >> doing. And I suspect you don't know what libhal and libusb are used
>> >> for.
>> >>
>> >> Bye
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>  Dr. Ludovic Rousseau
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