BlueZ - Bluetooth protocol stack for Linux

Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Qualcomm Incorporated Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Maxim Krasnyansky [email protected] Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Marcel Holtmann [email protected]

MIDI over BLE

Read more about the project at:

• http://blog.felipetonello.com/2015/12/14/midi-over-bluetooth-low-energy-on-linux/
• https://www.marc.info/?l=linux-bluetooth&m=144368891120651&w=4

This branch[1] is under heavy development, so don't assume that things will not break or the histry log will not change, because it will!

The idea is that most MIDI related commits will be squashed and cleaned-up.

[1] https://github.com/ftonello/bluez/

Compilation and installation

In order to compile Bluetooth utilities you need following software packages: - GCC compiler - GLib library - D-Bus library - udev library (optional) - readline (command line clients)

To configure run: ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var

Configure automatically searches for all required components and packages.

To compile and install run: make && make install

Configuration and options

For a working system, certain configuration options need to be enabled:

--enable-library

	Enable installation of Bluetooth library

	By default the Bluetooth library is no longer installed.

	The user interfaces or command line utilities do not
	require an installed Bluetooth library anymore. This
	option is provided for legacy third party applications
	that still depend on the library.

	When the library installation is enabled, it is a good
	idea to use a separate bluez-library or libbluetooth
	package for it.

--disable-tools

	Disable support for Bluetooth utilities

	By default the Bluetooth utilities are built and also
	installed. For production systems the tools are not
	needed and this option allows to disable them to save
	build time and disk space.

	When the tools are selected, it is a good idea to
	use a separate bluez-tools package for them.

--disable-cups

	Disable support for CUPS printer backend

	By default the printer backend for CUPS is build and
	also installed. For systems that do not require printing
	over Bluetooth, this options allows to disable it.

	When the CUPS backend is selected, it is a good idea to
	use a separate bluez-cups package for it.

--disable-monitor

	Disable support for the Bluetooth monitor utility

	By default the monitor utility is enabled. It provides
	support for HCI level tracing and debugging. For systems
	that don't require any kind of tracing or debugging
	capabilities, this options allows to disable it.

	The monitor utility should be placed in the main package
	along with the daemons. It is universally useful.

--disable-client

	Disable support for the command line client

	By default the command line client is enabled and uses the
	readline library. For specific systems where BlueZ is
	configured by other means, the command line client can be
	disabled and the dependency on readline is removed.

	The client should be placed in the main package along
	with the daemons. It is universally useful.

--disable-systemd

	Disable integration with systemd

	By default the integration with systemd is enabled and
	installed. This gives the best integration into all
	distributions based on systemd.

	This option is provided for distributions that do not
	support systemd. In that case all integration with the
	init system is up to the package.

--disable-a2dp

	Disable A2DP profile

	By default bluetoothd supports A2DP profile using a built-in
	plugin, this option disables it.

	This option is provided for distributions that do not have any
	audio capabilities.

--disable-avrcp

	Disable AVRCP profile

	By default bluetoothd supports AVRCP profile using a built-in
	plugin, this option disables it.

	This option is provided for distributions that do not have any
	audio capabilities.

--disable-network

	Disable PANU, NAP, GN profiles

	By default bluetoothd supports PANU, NAP and GN profile using a
	built-in plugin, this option disables it.

	This option is provided for distributions that do not have any
	network capabilities.

--disable-hid

	Disable HID profile

	By default bluetoothd supports HID profile using a built-in
	plugin, this option disables it.

	This option is provided for distributions that do not have any
	input capabilities.

--disable-hog

	Disable HoG profile

	By default bluetoothd supports HoG profile using a built-in
	plugin, this option disables it.

	This option is provided for distributions that do not have any
	input capabilities.

--enable-testing

	Enable testing tools

	By default tools used only for testing emulation are disabled.
	This option can be used to enable them.

	It is not recommended to enable this option for production
	systems. These tools may contain tests that depend on specific
	environment or kernel features in development.

--enable-experimental

	Enable experimental tools

	By default all tools that are still in development
	are disabled. This option can be used to enable them.

	It is not recommended to enable this option for production
	systems. The behavior of the experimental tools is unstable
	and might still change.

--enable-deprecated

	Enable deprecated tools

	By defauld all tools that are no longer maintained are
	disabled. This option can be used to enable them.

	It is not recommended to enable this option for production
	systems. The behavior of the deprecated tools may be unstable
	or simply don't work anymore.

--enable-nfc

	This option enable NFC pairing support.

	By default the integration with neard is disabled, this gives
	the option to enable it in system where neard is supported.

	The plugin is built into bluetoothd therefore it does not need
	to be package separately.

--enable-sap

	This option enable SAP profile using sap plugin.

	By default sap plugin is disabled since it requires tight
	integration with systems and is very rarely required.

	The plugin is built into bluetoothd therefore it does not need
	to be package separately.

--enable-health

	This option enable health profiles.

	By default health plugin is disabled since its profiles are
	target for the health industry.

	The plugin is built into bluetoothd therefore it does not need
	to be package separately.

--enable-midi

	This option enable MIDI support via ALSA Sequencer.

	By default midi plugin is disabled since it still considered
	experimental. When bluetoothd will create a new ALSA Sequencer
	client and port for each device connected that supports the
	MIDI GATT primary service.

	The plugin is built into bluetoothd therefore it does not need
	to be package separately.

Information

Mailing lists: [email protected]

For additional information about the project visit BlueZ web site: http://www.bluez.org