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title: Solaar
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layout: default
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---
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**Solaar** is a Linux manager for Logitech's peripherals that connect via a USB
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[Unifying][unifying], Lightspeed, or Nano receiver. It is able to pair/unpair devices with
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receivers and for most devices show battery status. Solaar can also control
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some of the changeable features of the devices, such as smooth scrolling or
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function key behavior. Solaar does not work with Logitech peripherals that
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use Bluetooth or peripherals from other companies.
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Solaar can be used as a GUI application or via its command-line interface.
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Both are able to list the devices paired to a receiver,
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show detailed info for each device, and
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pair/unpair supported devices with the receiver.
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For more information on the capabilities of Solaar see
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[docs/capabilities.md](https://pwr-solaar.github.io/Solaar/capabilities).
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Solaar does not process normal input from the peripherals. It is thus unable
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to fix problems that arise from incorrect handling of mouse movements or keycodes
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by Linux drivers or other software.
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Solaar has progressed past version 1.0. Problems with earlier versions should
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not be reported as bugs. Instead upgrade to a recent version or manually install
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the current version from [GitHub](https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar).
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[unifying]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logitech_Unifying_receiver
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## Supported Devices
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**Solaar** will detect all devices paired with your Unifying, Lightspeed, or Nano
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receiver, and at the very least display some basic information about them.
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Solaar can pair and unpair a Logitech device showing the Unifying logo (Solaar's version of the [logo][logo])
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with any Unifying receiver and can pair and unpair devices with Lightspeed receivers.
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Solaar can pair some Logitech
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devices with Logitech Nano receivers but not all Logitech devices can be
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paired with Nano receivers. Logitech devices without a Unifying logo
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generally cannot be paired with Unifying receivers.
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For some devices, extra settings (usually not available through the standard
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Linux system configuration) are supported. For a list of supported devices
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and their features, see [docs/devices.md](https://pwr-solaar.github.io/Solaar/devices).
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[logo]: https://pwr-solaar.github.io/Solaar/assets/solaar.svg
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## Pre-built packages
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Pre-built packages are available for a few Linux distros.
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* Arch `solaar` package in the [community repository][arch]
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* Debian 7 (Wheezy) or higher: packages in this [repository](https://pwr-solaar.github.io/Solaar/debian)
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* Ubuntu/Kubuntu 16.04+: use the `solaar-gnome3` and/or `solaar` package from [universe repository][universe repository]
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* Ubuntu/Kubuntu stable packages: use `solaar-gnome3` and/or `solaar` package from [Solaar stable ppa][ppa2]
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* Ubuntu/Kubuntu git build packages: use `solaar-gnome3` and/or `solaar` package from [Solaar git ppa][ppa1]
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* a [Fedora package][fedora], courtesy of Eric Smith
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* a [Gentoo package][gentoo], courtesy of Carlos Silva and Tim Harder
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* a [Mageia package][mageia], courtesy of David Geiger
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* an [OpenSUSE rpm][opensuse], courtesy of Mathias Homann
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* an [Ubuntu/Kubuntu git and stable ppa][ppa3], courtesy of [gogo][ppa4]
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The `solaar` package uses a standard system tray implementation; to ensure
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integration with *gnome-shell* or *Unity*, install `solaar-gnome3`.
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[ppa4]: https://launchpad.net/~trebelnik-stefina
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[ppa3]: https://launchpad.net/~solaar-unifying
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[ppa2]: https://launchpad.net/~solaar-unifying/+archive/ubuntu/stable
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[ppa1]: https://launchpad.net/~solaar-unifying/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
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[ppa]: http://launchpad.net/~daniel.pavel/+archive/solaar
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[arch]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/solaar/
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[fedora]: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/solaar
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[gentoo]: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-misc/solaar
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[mageia]: http://mageia.madb.org/package/show/release/cauldron/application/0/name/solaar
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[opensuse]: http://software.opensuse.org/package/Solaar
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[universe repository]: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=solaar&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all
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## Manual installation
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See [docs/installation.md](https://pwr-solaar.github.io/Solaar/installation) for the step-by-step procedure for manual installation.
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## Known Issues
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- KDE/Kubuntu: if some icons appear broken in the application, make sure you've
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properly configured the Gtk theme and icon theme in KDE's control panel.
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- Running the command-line application while the GUI
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application is also running *may* occasionally cause either of them to become
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confused about the state of the devices.
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## License
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This software is distributed under the terms of the
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[GNU Public License, v2](COPYING).
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## Thanks
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This project began as a third-hand clone of [Noah K. Tilton](https://github.com/noah)'s
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logitech-solar-k750 project on GitHub (no longer available). It was developed
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further thanks to the diggings in Logitech's HID++ protocol done by many other
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people:
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- [Julien Danjou](http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2012/logitech-k750-linux-support),
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who also provided some internal
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[Logitech documentation](http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2012/logitech-unifying-upower)
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- [Lars-Dominik Braun](http://6xq.net/git/lars/lshidpp.git)
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- [Alexander Hofbauer](http://derhofbauer.at/blog/blog/2012/08/28/logitech-performance-mx)
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- [Clach04](http://bitbucket.org/clach04/logitech-unifying-receiver-tools)
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- [Peter Wu](https://lekensteyn.nl/logitech-unifying.html)
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- [Nestor Lopez Casado](http://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxbRzx7vEV7eWmgwazJ3NUFfQ28)
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provided some more Logitech specifications for the HID++ protocol
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Also thanks to Douglas Wagner, Julien Gascard and Peter Wu for helping with
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application testing and supporting new devices.
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