How to install libusb?

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I am having hard time installing libusb. I went across some YouTube videos, and they were talking about "INSTALLING" libusb. I went across another tutorial and they are saying we need to build it "manually". However, I downloaded libusb from http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb-win32/files/.

In my download, there is no software to install (according to video, it is libusb_win32.exe).

My OS is Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit. The PC is a Dell Inspiron 4030 (I need to install this in my desktop PC as well). The IDE is Qt, which works with the Visual Studio 2010 compiler.

How can I install this?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '13 at 18:50

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I bet what you downloaded is a .zip file with no installer in it (probably named libusb-win32-bin-1.2.6.0.zip). The reason is that you don't have anything to install to have it work.

You only have to unzip it and then, add libusb-win32-bin-1.2.6.0\include to the include directories of your project using LibUSB. Then, you will have to add libusb-win32-bin-1.2.6.0\lib\msvc to the libraries used by your project. If you don't know how to do that here is a useful link to have it work with MSVC 2010.

answered May 08 '13 at 18:50

Morwenn

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Thanks for the reply. But after setting it up, I can't find any libsub.h file! – Soldier May 08 '13 at 20:13
I mean, I can't find it in #include<>. It is not available in the machine as well. – Soldier May 08 '13 at 20:14
@Soldier Are you sure you need it? What functions do you need? Are you sure they are not in `lusb0_usb.h` instead? – Morwenn May 08 '13 at 20:43
Yes, lusb0_usb.h is the solution. Thanks :) – Soldier May 10 '13 at 17:50

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