*Sorry, didn't realize it was off-topic. I won't continue this, on this forum after this one. This was the error generated: There were 9 "reference" errors like this: 14|undefined reference to `libusb_init@4'|* *This was the main.cpp file:* #include <iostream> //#include "lusb0_usb.h" #include "libusb.h" using namespace std; void printdev(libusb_device *dev); //prototype of the function int main() { libusb_device **devs; //pointer to pointer of device, used to retrieve a list of devices libusb_context *ctx = NULL; //a libusb session int r; //for return values ssize_t cnt; //holding number of devices in list r = libusb_init(&ctx); //initialize a library session if(r < 0) { cout<<"Init Error "<<r<<endl; //there was an error return 1; } libusb_set_debug(ctx, 3); //set verbosity level to 3, as suggested in the documentation cnt = libusb_get_device_list(ctx, &devs); //get the list of devices if(cnt < 0) { cout<<"Get Device Error"<<endl; //there was an error } cout<<cnt<<" Devices in list."<<endl; //print total number of usb devices ssize_t i; //for iterating through the list for(i = 0; i < cnt; i++) { printdev(devs[i]); //print specs of this device } libusb_free_device_list(devs, 1); //free the list, unref the devices in it libusb_exit(ctx); //close the session return 0; } void printdev(libusb_device *dev) { libusb_device_descriptor desc; int r = libusb_get_device_descriptor(dev, &desc); if (r < 0) { cout<<"failed to get device descriptor"<<endl; return; } cout<<"Number of possible configurations: "<<(int)desc.bNumConfigurations<<" "; cout<<"Device Class: "<<(int)desc.bDeviceClass<<" "; cout<<"VendorID: "<<desc.idVendor<<" "; cout<<"ProductID: "<<desc.idProduct<<endl; libusb_config_descriptor *config; libusb_get_config_descriptor(dev, 0, &config); cout<<"Interfaces: "<<(int)config->bNumInterfaces<<" ||| "; const libusb_interface *inter; const libusb_interface_descriptor *interdesc; const libusb_endpoint_descriptor *epdesc; for(int i=0; i<(int)config->bNumInterfaces; i++) { inter = &config->interface[i]; cout<<"Number of alternate settings: "<<inter->num_altsetting<<" | "; for(int j=0; j<inter->num_altsetting; j++) { interdesc = &inter->altsetting[j]; cout<<"Interface Number: "<<(int)interdesc->bInterfaceNumber<<" | "; cout<<"Number of endpoints: "<<(int)interdesc->bNumEndpoints<<" | "; for(int k=0; k<(int)interdesc->bNumEndpoints; k++) { epdesc = &interdesc->endpoint[k]; cout<<"Descriptor Type: "<<(int)epdesc->bDescriptorType<<" | "; cout<<"EP Address: "<<(int)epdesc->bEndpointAddress<<" | "; } } } cout<<endl<<endl<<endl; libusb_free_config_descriptor(config); } -- View this message in context: http://gcc.1065356.n8.nabble.com/Libraries-libusb-question-tp1386241p1386336.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.