Brick Daemon

This repository contains the source code of the Brick Daemon.

Compiling the Source

The following libraries are required:

• libusb-1.0
• libudev (Linux only)

On Debian based Linux distributions try:

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev

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.

Linux

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

cd src/brickd
make

The brickd binary is created in src/brickd.

Windows

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.

Mac OS X

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

cd src/brickd
make

The brickd binary is created in src/brickd.

Building Packages

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.

Commandline Options

Common:

--help: Show help

--version: Show version number

--check-config: Check config file for errors

--debug: Set all log levels to debug

Windows only:

--install: Register as a service and start it

--uninstall: Stop service and unregister it

--console: Force start as console application

--log-to-file: Write log messages to file