Linux* SDK for UPnP* Devices (libupnp)
Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Intel Corporation - All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Rémi Turboult <r3mi@users.sourceforge.net>
Copyright (c) 2006 Michel Pfeiffer and others <virtual_worlds@gmx.de>
See LICENSE for details.
This file contains information about the above product in the following
sections:
1. Release Contents
2. Package Contents
3. System Requirements
4. Build Instructions
5. Install/Uninstall Instructions
6. Product Release Notes
7. New Features
8. Support and Contact Information
1) Release Contents
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The Linux SDK for UPnP Devices is an SDK for development of UPnP device
and control point applications for Linux. It consists of the core UPnP
protocols along with a UPnP-specific eXtensible Markup Language (XML) parser
supporting the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 API and an optional,
integrated mini web server for serving UPnP related documents.
2) Package Contents
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The Linux SDK for UPnP Devices contains the following:
README This file. Contains the installation and build instructions.
LICENSE The licensing terms the SDK is distributed under.
NEWS Changes and new features.
ixml\doc The files for generating the XML parser documentation from
the source code.
ixml\inc The public include files required to use the XML parser.
ixml\src The source code to the XML parser library.
threadutil\inc The public include files required to the threading
utility library.
threadutil\src The source code to the threading utility library.
upnp\doc The files for generating the SDK documentation from the
source code.
upnp\inc The public include files required to use the SDK.
upnp\src The source files comprising the SDK, libupnp.so.
upnp\sample A sample device and control point application, illustrating the
usage of the SDK.
3) System Requirements
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The SDK for UPnP Devices is designed to compile and run under the
Linux operating system. It does, however, have dependencies on some
packages that may not be installed by default. All packages that it
requires are listed below. The name of the package and where it can be
found is dependent on the distribution of Linux being used.
libpthread The header and library are installed as part of the glibc-devel
package (or equivalent).
Additionally, the documentation for the SDK can be auto-generated from
the UPNP.H header file using DOC++, a documentation system for C, C++,
IDL, and Java*. DOC++ generates the documentation in HTML or TeX format.
Using some additional tools, the TeX output can be converted into a
PDF file. To generate the documentation these tools are required:
DOC++ The homepage for DOC++ is http://docpp.sourceforge.net/.
The current version as of this release of the SDK is
version 3.4.9. DOC++ is the only requirement for generating
the HTML documentation.
LaTeX/TeX To generate the PDF documentation, LaTeX and TeX tools are
necessary. The tetex and tetex-latex packages provide these
tools.
dvips dvips converts the DVI file produced by LaTeX into a PostScript*
file. The tetex-dvips package provides this tool.
ps2pdf The final step to making the PDF is converting the PostStript
into Portable Document Format. The ghostscript package provides
this tool.
For the UPnP library to function correctly, Linux networking must be configured
properly for multicasting. To do this:
route add -net 239.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 eth0
where 'eth0' is the network adapter that the UPnP library will use. Without
this addition, device advertisements and control point searches will not
function.
libupnp has been built and tested on the following configurations:
* MandrakeLinux 10.1 (kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk, gcc 3.4.1, glibc-2.3.3)
* Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" (Linux kernel 2.6.12-9-386, gcc 4.0.2 20050808
prerelease, libc6 2.3.5-1ubuntu12)
4) Build Instructions
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CORE LIBRARIES
The in the examples below, replace $(LIBUPNP) with "libupnp-x.y.z",
with x, y, and z corresponding to the version of the library that you have.
All pieces of the SDK are configured and built from the $(LIBUPNP) directory.
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure
% make
will build a version of the binaries without debug support, and with default
options enabled (see below for options available at configure time).
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure CFLAGS="-DSPARC_SOLARIS -mtune=<cputype> -mcpu=<cputype>"
% make
will build a Sparc Solaris version of the binaries without debug support
and with default options enabled (see below for options available at
configure time). Please note: <cputype> has to be replaced by a token that
fits to your platform and CPU (e.g. "supersparc").
To build the documentation, assuming all the necessary tools are installed
(see section 3) :
To generate the HTML documentation:
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% make html
To generate the PDF file:
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% make pdf
A few options are available at configure time. Use "./configure --help"
to display a complete list of options. Note that these options
may be combined in any order.
After installation, the file <upnp/upnpconfig.h> will provide a summary
of the optional features that have been included in the library.
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --enable-debug
% make
will build a debug version with symbols support.
To build the library with the optional, integrated mini web server (note
that this is the default):
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --enable-webserver
% make
To build without:
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --disable-webserver
% make
The SDK for Linux also contains some additional helper APIs, declared in
inc/tools/upnptools.h. If these additional tools are not required, they can
be compiled out:
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --disable-tools
% make
By default, the tools are included in the library.
To further remove code that is not required, the library can be build with or
with out the control point (client) or device specific code. To remove this
code:
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --disable-client
% make
to remove client only code or:
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --disable-device
% make
to remove device only code.
By default, both client and device code is included in the library. The
integrated web server is automatically removed when configuring with
--disable-device.
To build the library without large-file support (enabled by default) :
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --disable-largefile
% make
To remove all the targets, object files, and built documentation:
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% make clean
CROSS COMPILATION
To cross compile the SDK, a special "configure" directive is all that is
required:
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --host=arm-linux
% make
This will invoke the "arm-linux-gcc" cross compiler to build the library.
SAMPLES
The SDK contains two samples: a TV device application and a control point
that talks with the TV device. They are found in the $(LIBUPNP)/upnp/sample
directory.
To build the samples (note: this is the default behaviour):
% cd $(LIBUPNP)
% ./configure --enable-samples
% make
will build the sample device "$(LIBUPNP)/upnp/upnp_tv_device" and
sample control point "$(LIBUPNP)/upnp/upnp_tv_ctrlpt".
Note : the sample device won't be built if --disable-device has been
configured, and the sample control point won't be build if --disable-client
has been configured.
To run the sample device, you need the "$(LIBUPNP)/upnp/sample/tvdevice/web"
sub-directory. Example :
% cd $(LIBUPNP)/upnp/sample/tvdevice
% ../../upnp_tv_device
5) Install/Uninstall Instructions
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Install
The top-level makefile for the UPnP SDK contains rules to install the
necessary components. To install the SDK, as root:
make install
Uninstall
Likewise, the top-level makefile contains an uninstall rule, reversing
the steps in the install:
make uninstall
6) Product Release Notes
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The SDK for UPnP Devices v1.2.1a has these known issues:
- The UPnP library may not work with older versions of gcc and libstdc++,
causing a segmentation fault when the library loads. It is recommended
that gcc version 2.9 or later be used in building library.
- The UPnP library does not work the glibc 2.1.92-14 that ships with
Red Hat 7.0. For the library to function, you must updated the glibc
and glibc-devel packages to 2.1.94-3 or later. There is some issue with
libpthreads that has been resolved in the 2.1.94 version.
7) New Features
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See NEWS file.
8) Support and Contact Information
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Intel is not providing support for the Linux SDK for UPnP Devices. Two
mailing lists for the SDK are available on http://upnp.sourceforge.net/.
Questions and problems should be addressed on the appropriate mailing list.
If you find this SDK useful, please send an email to upnp@intel.com and let
us know.
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