Software dependencies
=====================

'ip' utility
------------

socan and all the examples below assume that you have the 'ip' utility
installed. This is part of the following packages that you must have installed:

- For Fedora Linux : iproute
- For Debian/Ubuntu: iproute2

For other distribution look up 'ip' or 'iproute' in your package repository.

CAN Bus device drivers
----------------------

Socan accesses CAN devices on your system with 
`SocketCAN <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/can.html>`_.

For some CAN bus cards the standard linux kernel already has the drivers, for
others you have to install drivers from the card manufacturer.

See also :doc:`can_setup`.

Development environment
-----------------------

Currently, there are no packages of socan. You have to compile the library
yourself, so you need:

- gcc
- gnu Make

Recommended utilities
---------------------

The following packages are not strictly needed but highly recommended:

- can-utils : Various utility programs for the CAN bus