macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libusb-compatlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libusb-compatMacPorts ports tree · devel/libusb-compat/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install libusb-compat with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, pacman, zypper
Library for USB device access. Version 0.1.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libusb-compatAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libusb-compat · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libusb-compatArch Linux sync databases · libusb-compat · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libusb-0_1-4openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libusb-0_1-4 · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Library for USB device access
Project links
Commands and aliases
- libusb-config
history
Project history and usage
libusb-compat is the libusb project's compatibility layer for software written against the old libusb-0.1 API while systems moved to the newer libusb-1.0 stack.
Project history
The project appeared during the libusb-1.0 transition as a deliberately conservative bridge: keep legacy usb_* callers building and running while letting distributions ship the newer libusb implementation underneath. Its release notes show an initial beta in May 2008, a 0.1.0 release in December 2008, and later fixes focused on endpoint-addressing compatibility, initialization behavior, cross-compiling, and avoiding symbol clashes with libusb-1.0.
Adoption history
The package became useful to Unix package maintainers because many older USB tools and libraries expected libusb-0.1 headers or libusb-config even after libusb-1.0 had become the maintained API. Keeping it packaged let distributions retire older implementation details without forcing every leaf package to port at once.
How it is used
End users rarely call libusb-compat directly. It is normally pulled in as a build or runtime dependency for older USB-aware software, with libusb-config serving legacy configure scripts.
Why package nerds care
It is a classic transition package: small, boring, and important because it absorbs API churn between a widely used hardware-access library and a long tail of older consumers.
Timeline
- 2008-05-25: Initial 0.1.0 beta release.
- 2008-12-13: libusb-compat-0.1.0 release.
- 2009: 0.1.1 through 0.1.3 refined endpoint behavior, initialization failure handling, error-code compatibility, and cross-compiling.
- 2015: 0.1.6 added cleanup handling, libusb-1.0 dlopen handling, and MinGW updates.
Related projects
- libusb-1.0 is the implementation layer that libusb-compat targets.
- libusb-0.1 is the legacy API surface preserved for old consumers.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for libusb-compat. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
libusb-config | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.1.9
manager updated2026-05-18
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://libusb.info/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libusb-compat |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libusb-compat |
| Homepage | https://libusb.info/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1 |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1 |
| License | LGPL-2.1-or-later AND (LGPL-2.1-or-later OR BSD-3-Clause) |
| Source archive | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libusb/libusb-compat-0.1/libusb-compat-0.1.9/libusb-compat-0.1.9.tar.bz2 |
| Last updated | 2026-05-18T03:58:46Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | libusb |
| Build dependencies | autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | libusb-compat |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
apk95%
libusb-compat 0.1.9-r0
Compatility for older libusb
sudo apk add libusb-compat- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libusb-compat
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libusb Compat
apk95%
libusb-compat-dev 0.1.9-r0
Compatility for older libusb (development files)
sudo apk add libusb-compat-dev- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libusb-compat
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libusb Compat
pacman95%
libusb-compat 0.1.9-1
Library to enable user space application programs to communicate with USB devices
http://libusb.sourceforge.net/
sudo pacman -S libusb-compat- License: LGPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libusb Compat
zypper95%
libusb-0_1-4 0.1.13-38.8
libusb-1.0 Compatibility Library for libusb-0.1
sudo zypper install libusb-0_1-4- License: BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libusb-compat
- 3 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libusb Compat
zypper95%
libusb-0_1-4-32bit 0.1.13-38.8
libusb-1.0 Compatibility Library for libusb-0.1
sudo zypper install libusb-0_1-4-32bit- License: BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libusb-compat
- 2 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libusb Compat
zypper95%
libusb-compat-devel 0.1.8-38.8
libusb-1.0 Compatibility Layer for libusb-0.1
sudo zypper install libusb-compat-devel- License: BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libusb-compat
- 7 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libusb Compat
MacPorts95%
libusb-compat
sudo port install libusb-compat- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libusb Compat
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment