- ./configure
- --prefix=
- "/usr" - prefix for man pages, include files
- --exec-prefix=
- "" - the root filesystem, prefix for libs and binaries
- --sysconfdir=
- "/etc"
- --with-libdir-name=
- "lib" - directory name for libraries, not a path name
- multilib 64bit systems may use "lib64" instead of "lib"
- --enable-debug
- compile-in verbose debug messages
- --disable-logging
- disable all logging and compile-out all log strings
+Usual options for udev installed in the root filesystem are:
+ ./configure \
+ --prefix=/usr \
+ --sysconfdir=/etc \
+ --sbindir=/sbin \
+ --libdir=/usr/lib64 \
+ --with-rootlibdir=/lib64 \
+ --libexecdir=/lib/udev \
--with-selinux
- link against SELInux libraries to set the expected context
- for created files
-The installation directories are controlled by $prefix, $exec_prefix
-$sysconfdir and $libdir-name. Documentation, development files are
-installed below $prefix, binaries are installed below $exec_prefix,
-libraries below $exec_prefix/$libdir-name.
+All options:
+ --prefix=
+ Usually /usr, prefix for man pages, include files.
+ --sysconfdir=
+ Usually /etc.
+ --sbindir=
+ Usually /sbin, the place for udevd and udevadm.
+ --libexecdir=
+ Usually /lib/udev, the udev private directory.
+ --enable-debug
+ Compile-in verbose debug messages. Usually not needed,
+ it increases the size of the binaries.
+ --disable-logging
+ Disable all logging and compile-out all log strings. This
+ is not recommended, as it makes it almost impossible to debug
+ udev on the running system.
+ --with-selinux
+ Link against SELinux libraries to set the expected context
+ for created files.
+ --disable-rule_generator
+ Disable persistent network, cdrom naming support.
+ --disable-hwdb
+ Disable hardware database support
+ --disable-udev_acl
+ Disable local user acl permissions support.
+ --disable-gudev
+ Disable Gobject libudev support.
+ --disable-introspection
+ Disable Gobject introspection support.
+ --disable-keymap
+ Disable keymap fixup support.
+ --enable-floppy
+ Enable legacy floppy support.
+ --enable-edd
+ Enable disk edd support.
+ --enable-action_modeswitch
+ Enable action modeswitch support.
-The default configuration for a RPM spec file may look like:
- --prefix=%{_prefix}
- --exec-prefix=""
- --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir}
- --with-libdir-name=%{_lib}
+The options used in a RPM spec file usually look like:
+ %configure \
+ --prefix=%{_prefix} \
+ --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \
+ --sbindir=/sbin \
+ --libdir=%{_libdir} \
+ --with-rootlibdir=/%{_lib} \
+ --libexecdir=/lib/udev \
+ --with-selinux
-The well defined location for scripts and binaries which are called
-from rules is /lib/udev/ on all systems and architectures, anything
-else is broken. Other packages who use udev, may use the /lib/udev/
-directory to install their rule helper and udev rule files.
+The defined location for scripts and binaries which are called
+from rules is /lib/udev/ on all systems and architectures. Any
+other location will break other packages, who rightfully expect
+the /lib/udev/ directory, to install their rule helper and udev
+rule files.
-It is recommended to use the /lib/udev/devices/ directory to place
+It is possible to use the /lib/udev/devices/ directory to place
device nodes, directories and symlinks, which are copied to /dev/
at every bootup. That way, nodes for devices which can not be
detected automatically, or are activated on-demand by opening the
pre-existing device node, will be available.
-Default udev rules and persistent device naming rules are required
+Default udev rules and persistent device naming rules may be required
by other software that depends on the data udev collects from the
-devices, and should therefore be installed by default with every udev
-installation.
+devices.
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