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README.md

Solaar

Solaar is a Linux manager for many Logitech keyboards, mice, and other devices that connect wirelessly to a Unifying, Bolt, Lightspeed or Nano receiver as well as many Logitech devices that connect via a USB cable or Bluetooth. Solaar is not a device driver and responds only to special messages from devices that are otherwise ignored by the Linux input system.

More Information - Usage - Capabilities - Rules - Manual Installation - Known Issues

codecov License: GPL v2

 

 

Solaar supports:

  • pairing/unpairing of devices with receivers
  • configuring device settings
  • custom button configuration
  • running rules in response to special messages from devices

For more information see the main Solaar documentation page. -

Installation Packages

Up-to-date prebuilt packages are available for some Linux distros (e.g., Fedora) in their standard repositories. If a recent version of Solaar is not available from the standard repositories for your distribution, you can try one of these packages:

Solaar is available from some other repositories but may be several versions behind the current version: