BlueZ-5.86

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r13.0-475

### Chapter 12. System Utilities

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# BlueZ-5.86

## Introduction to BlueZ

The BlueZ package contains the Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux.

### Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-5.86.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 8b5c680289e703dd2fd2a97b999d4e81

- Download size: 2.2 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 141 MB (with tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.8 SBU (using parallelism=4; with tests)

### BlueZ Dependencies

#### Required

dbus-1.16.2, GLib-2.88.0, and libical-3.0.20

#### Recommended

docutils-0.22.4 (to generate man pages)

## 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 in the “Cryptographic API” section if you intend to run the tests, and recompile the kernel if necessary:

    General setup --->
      # If it is disabled, [TIMERFD] and [EVENTFD] will be hidden and
      # enabled implicitly.  We DO NOT recommend to enable [EXPERT]
      # unless you are really an expert user:
      [ /*] Configure standard kernel features (expert users) --->          [EXPERT]
        [*] Enable timerfd() system call                                   [TIMERFD]
        [*] Enable eventfd() system call                                   [EVENTFD]

    [*] Networking support --->                                                [NET]
      <*/M> Bluetooth subsystem support --->                                    [BT]
        [*]   Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR) features                         [BT_BREDR]
        <*/M>   RFCOMM protocol support                                  [BT_RFCOMM]
        [*]       RFCOMM TTY support                                 [BT_RFCOMM_TTY]
        <*/M>   BNEP protocol support                                      [BT_BNEP]
        [*]       Multicast filter support                       [BT_BNEP_MC_FILTER]
        [*]       Protocol filter support                     [BT_BNEP_PROTO_FILTER]
        <*/M>   HIDP protocol support                                      [BT_HIDP]
        Bluetooth device drivers --->
          # Select the appropriate drivers for your bluetooth hardware.
          # There are more vendor-specific drivers not listed here:
          < /*/M> HCI USB driver                                       [BT_HCIBTUSB]
          < /*/M> HCI SDIO driver                                     [BT_HCIBTSDIO]
          < /*/M> HCI UART driver                                       [BT_HCIUART]
      <*/M> RF switch subsystem support --->                                [RFKILL]

    -*- Cryptographic API --->                                              [CRYPTO]
      Crypto core or helper --->
        <*/M> Userspace cryptographic algorithm configuration          [CRYPTO_USER]
      Block ciphers --->
        <*/M> AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)                        [CRYPTO_AES]
      AEAD (authenticated encryption with associated data) ciphers --->
        <*/M> CCM (Counter with Cipher Block Chaining-MAC)              [CRYPTO_CCM]
      Hashes, digests, and MACs --->
        <*/M> CMAC (Cipher-based MAC)                                  [CRYPTO_CMAC]
      Userspace interface --->
        <*/M> Hash algorithms                                 [CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH]
        <*/M> Symmetric key cipher algorithms             [CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER]
        <*/M> AEAD cipher algorithms                          [CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD]

## Installation of BlueZ

First, fix a regression that prevents BlueZ from initializing adapters in the latest release:

    sed -i '4967,4968d' src/adapter.c

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 -dm555 /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-5.86 &&
    install -v -m644 doc/*.txt /usr/share/doc/bluez-5.86

## Command Explanations

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

`--disable-manpages`: This switch disables generating the manual pages. Add this switch if you don't have docutils-0.22.4 installed.

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 installation. Additionally, there are two supplementary configuration files. You can optionally install the following files 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: 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-5.86

### Short Descriptions

bluemoon | is a Bluetooth 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

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