Sure, but just be aware that many distros include libusbx and not libusb native, and that libusbx is LESS reliable despite being a later version which is precisely why I include the one that I want people to use in-tree.
Oups. then maybe we should report that to the maintainer as this is precisely what all ArchLinux users are using with cgminer binary package:
lano1106@whippet2 /var/abs/community/cgminer $ pacman -Qs libusb
local/libgusb 0.1.6-1
GLib wrapper around libusb1
local/libusbx 1.0.17-1
Library that provides generic access to USB device