This repository contains the source code of the Brick Daemon.

The following libraries are required:

• libusb-1.0
• libudev (Linux only)

On Debian based Linux distributions try:

sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev

On Fedora Linux try:

sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
sudo yum install libusb1-devel libudev-devel

For Windows a suitable pre-compiled libusb binary is part of this repository. For Mac OS X a suitable libusb version can be obtained via MacPorts or Homebrew.

A Makefile is provided to compile the source code using GCC and install the result:

cd src/brickd
make
sudo make install

Run the following commands to register brickd for autostart on Debian based Linux distribution and start it:

update-rc.d brickd defaults
/etc/init.d/brickd start

A batch file build_exe.bat is provided to compile the source code using the Visual Studio (MSVC) or Windows Driver Kit (WDK) compiler. Open a MSVC or WDK command prompt:

cd src\brickd
build_exe.bat

The brickd.exe binary is created in src\brickd\dist.

There is also a Makefile to compile the source code using MinGW:

cd src\brickd
mingw32-make

The brickd.exe binary is created in src\brickd\dist.

A Makefile is provided to compile the source code using GCC:

cd src/brickd
make

The brickd binary is created in src/brickd.

The Python script src/brickd/build_pkg.py can build a Debian package for Linux, a NSIS based setup.exe for Windows and a Disk Image for Mac OS X. Run:

python build_pkg.py

On Linux this has to be executed as root and on Windows this has to be executed from a MSVC or WDK command prompt because it invokes the platform specific commands to compile the source code.

The installer/package is created in src/brickd.

Common:

• --help shows help and exits
• --version shows version number and exits
• --check-config checks config file for errors
• --debug sets all log levels to debug

Windows only:

• --install registers Brick Daemon as service and start it
• --uninstall stops service and unregister it
• --console forces start as console application
• --log-to-file writes log messages to file