Libraw1394 Tutorial

How to install libraw1394


Goal

Install

Install using apt-get

For a debian based system like Ubuntu, use apt-get

# clone from git repo
sudo apt-get install libraw1394-dev

Compile from Source

1. Downlowd source code

# clone from git repo
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394.git 
# check out tag e.g. 2.1.0
git checkout v2.1.0

2. Configure, build and install

# configure
./configure
# build
make
# install 
make install  # you may need sudo



Set FireWire port permission

By default, FireWire device permission is 600, which means only root can read and write this device and you need to sudo ./program run sample code. To avoid this, we need to create a group, add yourself to the group and set the device permission to 660.

How to set device permission


Download libraw1394 source code

Although, this tutorial can help you get started. It is a good idea to have both libraw1394 and FireWire driver source code for future reference. 

# libraw1394 source code
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ieee1394/libraw1394.git

# FireWire driver code
wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.10.10.tar.xz

Note: FireWire driver code is under drivers/firewire foler.



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