Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.3-79

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libqmi-1.34.0

Introduction to libqmi

The libqmi package contains a GLib-based library for talking to WWAN modems and devices which speak the Qualcomm MSM Interface (QMI) protocol.

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Package Information

libqmi Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.84.0 (GObject Introspection recommended) and libgudev-238

Recommended

libmbim-1.30.0

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.34.0, help2man, and libqrtr-glib

Installation of libqmi

Install libqmi by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup ..                 \
      --prefix=/usr            \
      --buildtype=release      \
      -D bash_completion=false \
      -D qrtr=false            \
      -D man=false             &&

ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may produce unoptimized binaries.

-D bash_completion=false: Use this option if the external bash-completion package is not installed.

-D man=false: Use this option if the external help2man package is not installed.

-D qrtr=false: This switch disables support for the QRTR protocol which needs the external libqrtr-glib package.

Contents

Installed Programs: qmicli, qmi-firmware-update, and qmi-network
Installed Libraries: libqmi-glib.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/libqmi-glib

Short Descriptions

qmicli

is an utility used to control QMI devices

qmi-firmware-update

is an utility used to perform firmware updates on QMI devices

qmi-network

is an utility used for simple network management of QMI devices

libqmi-glib.so

contains API functions for talking to WWAN modems and devices which speak the Qualcomm MSM Interface (QMI) protocol