Installation Instructions

The only packages needed should be libusb and hidapi. To install these, refer to your distribution's package manager.

Some examples can be seen below:

Debian Dependencies

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0 libhidapi-hidraw0

Red Hat Dependencies

For Red Hat based installations:

sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install libusb hidapi

Arch Dependencies

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S libusb hidapi

Manually

You can use git to clone and follow the instructions outlined here:

• hidapi
• libusb

Permissions

Ordinarily, Linux won't allow you to open and communicate with a HID device unless you have permissions.

You can run the application with sudo, or install the provided UDEV rules with the following:

sudo cp 99-flirc.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/

Make sure you unplug and re-plug the Flirc USB before these rules take effect.