lnxbil / gphoto2.framework

MacOS umbrella framework (build environment, not binary itself) including all necessary libraries for libgphoto2

GPhoto2.framework

This is an Apple Umbrella Framework (Library) embedding all necessary open source libraries:

• libtool - Necessary part ltdl is licensed under LGPL 2.1
• libusb - licensed under LGPL 2.1
• libusb-compat - licensed under LGPL 2.1
• libjpeg-turbo - licensed by three compatible BSD-style open source licenses
• libgphoto2 - licensed under LGPL 2.1

This framework itself is released under the Lesser GPL 3.0.

Downloading

Binary version of the framework are occasionally built and uploaded to

• binary releases

Build Requirements

First, you need to clone the repository:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/lnxbil/GPhoto2.framework.git

Of course, you need XCode and you also need some other programs too. Best to install all of there using homebrew:

• automake
• autoconf
• wget
• nasm

Now, you can directly start the build process by running build.sh and you may need to fix some errors on the may, but they're indicated.

$ ./build.sh
Build Process of the GPhoto2.framework
https://github.com/lnxbil/GPhoto2.framework

+ Checking permissions on /Library/Frameworks/GPhoto2.framework
+ Download and extracting files
+ Start building at Fri Dec 23 19:05:16 MSK 2016 with 16 threads
  - Building libtool-2.4.6
  - Building pkg-config-0.29.1
  - Building libusb-1.0.21
  - Building libusb-compat-0.1-0.1.6-rc2
  - Building libjpeg-turbo-1.5.1
  - Building libgphoto2-libgphoto2-2_5_11-release
+ Finished building at Fri Dec 23 19:08:58 MSK 2016
+ Cleaning up framework directory
+ Linking headers
+ Building Apple Framework infrastructure

It is also possible to build the SVN version of libgphoto2, please set

GPHOTO="SVN"

in the config file, which automatically fetches or updates the local svn working copy.

Example Usage

A working example is provided in the example directory. You need to have the GPhoto2.framework to be installed in order to build the example with XCode:

If you want to build your own application, you need to use the -flat_namespace linker option in XCode:

gphoto2.framework's Issues

Better example

Add some code about usb connection of the camera
something like http://libgphoto2.sourcearchive.com/documentation/2.4.6/sample-autodetect_8c-source.html

and something about property recognition

Do you have the iOS version?

Hello,

Recently I was working on the iOS version of Gphoto2 and had some problems.

After I downloaded the source code for gphoto2, I tried to process it.

Here are my steps:

1. cd /libgphoto2-2.5.10
2. ./configure
3. make
   

Then I get libgphoto2_port.dylib

Am I doing the right thing?

Looking forward to your reply.

Siu

Thank you

32bit version

Andreas,
I tried to compile i386 version of framework, but it doesn't work for me correctly. Compilation just went ok, but when I try to link framework to my project it get error: GPhoto2.framework/GPhoto2, file was built for unsupported file format ( 0xcf 0xfa 0xed 0xfe 0x 7 0x 0 0x 0 0x 1 0x 3 0x 0 0x 0 0x 0 0x 6 0x 0 0x 0 0x 0 ) which is not the architecture being linked (i386).

I set ARCH="-arch i386"

Thanks for any advice.

Build Issues

Thanks for this!

Using Xcode 9.2 on High Sierra, I encountered the following issues:

To build pkgconfig, the build script needed to be modified so that --with-internal-glib is passed to configure.

To build libusb-compat, I had to install both autoconf and automake (using HomeBrew).

To build libgphoto2, I had to run the following before executing the build script:

export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin

This was all required to build the versions specified in the config file, but I was then also able to build the framework using the latest versions:

pkgconfig 0.29.2
libusb 1.0.22
libgphoto2 2.5.17

Unable to run build.sh

Hi,
I'm trying to run build.sh file which is giving an error. Can you please help me out to resolve it?

Build Process of the GPhoto2.framework
https://github.com/lnxbil/GPhoto2.framework

• Checking permissions on /Library/Frameworks/GPhoto2.framework
• Download and extracting files
• Start building at Tue Jul 20 12:27:18 IST 2021 with 16 threads
  • Building libtool-2.4.6

An error occured
(Full Log at /Users/rohitJft/Downloads/GPhoto2.framework-master 2/download/logs/libtool-2.4.6_buildlog-20210720_122702.log):

==> /Users/rohitJft/Downloads/GPhoto2.framework-master <==
tail: 2/download/logs/libtool-2.4.6_buildlog-20210720_122702.log: No such file or directory

libtool-2.4.6_buildlog-20210720_122702.log is created but it's unable to detect it

Thank you

Is this just a bundle of OS libraries?

Hi Andreas!

I am confused.

Gphoto2 is available via Homebrew (dependencies et al). Do you provide any added value (ex: ready to use Objective C apis suitable for GUI apps) or you just wrap the same opensource libraries?

I was unable to find any code in the repository except the downloader (build.sh).

I was about to start writing such an API myself, but now I am thrilled with an opportunity to avoid effort duplication if you've already implemented it.

Creating framework for iOS

Hi Andreas,
there's a way to create the framework in order to use it for iOS applications?
Many thanks in advance.
Best regards

Angelo