liblux is a minimal C library (C++ compatible) for interacting with screen
brightness levels on Linux systems. The library offers a simple to use and well
documented API for getting and setting screen brightness using both raw values
and percentages.
Compilation of the library is extremely simple, but will require you to have the
tup build system installed:
$ tup # To build the library
# make install # To install the library, requires root privileges
After compilation and installation, you will be able to build programs using the
liblux library that are dynamically or statically linked.
All library functions are documented via manual pages. After installing the
library using the above commands, the manual pages will be installed on your
system and you’ll be able to read the documentation using the man command as
such:
$ man luxget # To view documentation for the luxget(3) function
If you prefer to view documentation in your browser (why?), all manuals are also available over at my website. Here is the link to view the manual providing an overview of the entire library, for example.