Install BlueZ

Summary

This documentation describes how to install bluez (gatttool hcitool) on raspberrypi 3b+

Requirements

• Operating system: Raspbian Buster with desktop

Description

Step 1: Install Dependencies

• sudo apt-get update

• sudo apt-get install libdbus-1-dev libglib2.0-dev libudev-dev libical-dev libreadline-dev -y

Download BlueZ source code

wget www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-5.52.tar.xz

Uncompress the downloaded file

tar xvf bluez-5.52.tar.xz && cd bluez-5.52

Configure

./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-experimental 

Compile the source code

make -j4

Install

sudo make install

Reboot Raspberry Pi 3

sudo reboot

Verify version

bluetoothctl -v

Used Hardware

raspberry pi 3 b+

References

• https://scribles.net/