Build instructions for libiio

Install Prerequisites/Dependancies

Basic system setup

analog@precision:~$ sudo apt-get update
analog@precision:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

Install Prerequisites

analog@precision:~$ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev bison flex libcdk5-dev cmake

Install Backends

analog@precision:~$ sudo apt-get install libaio-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libserialport-dev libavahi-client-dev

Install to build doc

sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz

Clone

analog@precision:~$ git clone https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio.git
analog@precision:~$ cd libiio

Configure & Build

when configuring libiio with cmake, there are a few optional settings that you can use to control the build.

Cmake Options	Default	Description
CSHARP_BINDINGS	OFF	Install C# bindings
MATLAB_BINDINGS	OFF	Install MATLAB bindings
PYTHON_BINDINGS	OFF	Install PYTHON bindings
WITH_DOC	OFF	Generate documentation with Doxygen
WITH_MAN	OFF	Generate and install man pages
WITH_TESTS	ON	Build the test programs
WITH_LOCAL_CONFIG	OFF	Read local context attributes from /etc/libiio.ini
ENABLE_PACKAGING	OFF	Create .deb/.rpm/.tar.gz via ‘make package’
INSTALL_UDEV_RULE	ON	Install a udev rule for detection of USB devices

Which backends the library supports is dependant on the build system, but can be overridden. (If cmake finds libusb, it will use it, unless turned off manually)

Cmake Options	Depends on	Description
WITH_XML_BACKEND	libxml2	Enable the XML backend
WITH_USB_BACKEND	libusb	Enable the libusb backend
WITH_SERIAL_BACKEND	libserialport	Enable the Serial backend
WITH_NETWORK_BACKEND		Supports TCP/IP
WITH_LOCAL_BACKEND	Linux	Enables local support with iiod

analog@precision:~/libiio$ mkdir build
analog@precision:~/libiio/build$ cd build
analog@precision:~/libiio/build$ cmake ../
analog@precision:~/libiio/build$ make -j$(nproc)

Install

analog@precision:~/libiio/build$ sudo make install