HAL requires the Linux kernel 2.6, D-BUS, glib (this dep will be dropped soon) and a recent version of linux-hotplug and udev. For the GUI application at least python, pygtk and pygnome is required.
Install D-BUS
Install udev
- Checkout the HAL source from git:
- git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/hal
Configure HAL: ./autogen.sh
Make sure that your PKG''CONFIG''PATH contains dbus-1.pc and dbus-glib-1.pc
- Use the same prefix (--prefix) as used for installing D-BUS
Build HAL: make
Install HAL: make install (as root)
Even if you are going to hack on HAL you need to do make install
- (re)start the system messagebus (D-BUS)
/etc/init.d/messagebus restart on some distros
- As root, start the HAL daemon in a separate window: hald. For debugging use option --daemon=no
- You can now run hal-device-manager or lshal
Make sure PYTHONPATH containes the path to dbus.py
Happy hacking! Have a look at the TODO. Send feedback to hal@lists.freedesktop.org.