43 lines
1.9 KiB
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43 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
## Manual instalation
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### Requirements
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You should have a reasonably new kernel (3.2+), with the `logitech-djreceiver`
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driver enabled and loaded; also, the `udev` package must be installed and the
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daemon running. If you have a modern Linux distribution (2011+), you're most
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likely good to go.
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The command-line application (`bin/solaar-cli`) requires Python 2.7.3 or 3.2+
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(either version should work), and the `python-pyudev`/`python3-pyudev` package.
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The GUI application (`bin/solaar`) also requires Gtk3, and its GObject
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Introspection bindings. The Debian/Ubuntu package names are
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`python-gi`/`python3-gi` and `gir1.2-gtk-3.0`; if you're using another
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distribution the required packages are most likely named something similar.
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If the desktop notifications bindings are also installed (`gir1.2-notify-0.7`),
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you will also get desktop notifications when devices come online/go offline.
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### Installation
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Normally USB devices are not accessible for r/w by regular users, so you will
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need to do a one-time udev rule installation to allow access to the Logitech
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Unifying Receiver.
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You can run the `rules.d/install.sh` script from Solaar to do this installation
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automatically (it will switch to root when necessary), or you can do all the
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required steps by hand, as the root user:
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1. copy `rules.d/99-logitech-unfiying-receiver.rules` from Solaar to
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`/etc/udev/rules.d/`
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By default, the rule makes the Unifying Receiver device available for r/w by
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all users belonging to the `plugdev` system group (standard Debian/Ubuntu
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group for pluggable devices). It may need changes, specific to your
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particular system's configuration. If in doubt, replacing `GROUP="plugdev"`
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with `GROUP="<your username>"` should just work.
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2. run `udevadm control --reload-rules` to let the udev daemon know about the
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new rule
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3. physically remove the Unifying Receiver, wait 10 seconds and re-insert it
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