BlueZ-5.50

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 9.0

### Chapter 12. System Utilities

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# BlueZ-5.50

## Introduction to BlueZ

The BlueZ package contains the Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-9.0 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-5.50.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 8e35c67c81a55d3ad4c9f22280dae178

- Download size: 1.7 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 62 MB (add 15 MB for tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.3 SBU for tests)

### BlueZ Dependencies

#### Required

dbus-1.12.16, GLib-2.60.6, and libical-3.0.5

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/bluez

## Kernel Configuration

If you are building this package to use bluetooth devices (rather than as a build dependency), enable the following options in the kernel configuration, also the options below the next paragraph if you intend to run the tests, and recompile the kernel if necessary:

    [*] Networking support --->                [CONFIG_NET]
      </M> Bluetooth subsystem support --->    [CONFIG_BT]
        <*/M> RFCOMM protocol support          [CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM]
        [*]   RFCOMM TTY support               [CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM_TTY]
        <*/M> BNEP protocol support            [CONFIG_BT_BNEP]
        [*]   Multicast filter support         [CONFIG_BT_BNEP_MC_FILTER]
        [*]   Protocol filter support          [CONFIG_BT_BNEP_PROTO_FILTER]
        <*/M> HIDP protocol support            [CONFIG_BT_HIDP]
            Bluetooth device drivers --->
              (Select the appropriate drivers for your Bluetooth hardware)

      <*/M> RF switch subsystem support --->   [CONFIG_RFKILL]

If you wish to run the testsuite (even if treating this package as a build dependency), you will need to enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary:

    [*] Networking support --->                                     [CONFIG_NET]
    -*- Cryptographic API --->                                      [CONFIG_CRYPTO]
      </M> User-space interface for hash algorithms                 [CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH]
      </M> User-space interface for symmetric key cipher algorithms [CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER]

## Installation of BlueZ

Install BlueZ by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr         \
                --sysconfdir=/etc     \
                --localstatedir=/var  \
                --enable-library      &&
    make

To test the results, issue: `make check`.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install &&
    ln -svf ../libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd /usr/sbin

Install the main configuration file as the `root` user:

    install -v -dm755 /etc/bluetooth &&
    install -v -m644 src/main.conf /etc/bluetooth/main.conf

If desired, install the API documentation as the `root` user:

    install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/bluez-5.50 &&
    install -v -m644 doc/*.txt /usr/share/doc/bluez-5.50

## Command Explanations

`--enable-library`: This switch enables building the BlueZ 4 compatibility library which is required by some applications.

ln -svf ../libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd /usr/sbin: This command makes access to the bluetooth daemon more convenient.

## Configuring BlueZ

### Configuration Files

`/etc/bluetooth/main.conf` is installed automatically during the install. Additionally, there are three supplementary configuration files. /etc/sysconfig/bluetooth is installed as a part of the boot script below. In addition, you optionally can install the following, as the `root` user:

    cat > /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf << "EOF"
    # Start rfcomm.conf
    # Set up the RFCOMM configuration of the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel.
    # Use one line per command
    # See the rfcomm man page for options

    # End of rfcomm.conf
    EOF

    cat > /etc/bluetooth/uart.conf << "EOF"
    # Start uart.conf
    # Attach serial devices via UART HCI to BlueZ stack
    # Use one line per device
    # See the hciattach man page for options

    # End of uart.conf
    EOF

### Systemd Bluez Services

To start the bluetoothd daemon at boot, enable the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command as the `root` user:

    systemctl enable bluetooth

To start the obexd daemon for a user session (to support some Bluetooth programs using it), enable the previously installed systemd unit for all users by running the following command as the `root` user:

    systemctl enable --global obex

### Note

Systemd will start the Bluetooth daemon only when a bluetooth device is detected on the system.

## Contents

Installed Programs: bccmd, bluemoon, bluetoothctl, bluetoothd (symlink), btattach, btmon, hex2hcd, l2ping, l2test, mpris-proxy, and rctest
Installed Library: libbluetooth.so
Installed Directories: /etc/bluetooth, /usr/{include,libexec}/bluetooth, and /usr/share/doc/bluez-5.50

### Short Descriptions

bccmd | is used to issue BlueCore commands to Cambridge Silicon Radio devices.
bluemoon | is a Bluemoon configuration utility.
bluetoothctl | is the interactive Bluetooth control program.
bluetoothd | is the Bluetooth daemon.
btmon | provides access to the Bluetooth subsystem monitor infrastructure for reading HCI traces.
hex2hcd | is used to convert a file needed by Broadcom devices to hcd (Broadcom bluetooth firmware) format.
l2ping | is used to send a L2CAP echo request to the Bluetooth MAC address given in dotted hex notation.
l2test | is a L2CAP testing program.
rctest | is used to test RFCOMM communications on the Bluetooth stack.
`libbluetooth.so` | contains the BlueZ 4 API functions.

Last updated on 2019-08-18 13:33:32 -0700

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