[Linux] How to install flirc software and update firmware from the command line
There are a number of situations where you may want to configure/control flirc from the command line rather than the GUI. For example, XBMCbuntu is made to boot directly to XBMC without ever displaying a desktop environment. You may also like to be able to modify your flirc configuration via ssh without interrupting an XBMC session. In this tutorial I'll cover some basic steps for getting started with flirc from a command line.
INSTALLATION
First, we'll install the flirc software. To do
Solution's up there:
Basically, the issue is that the latest version of Flirc relies on a newer version of libusb than the one shipped on most distros. As a workaround, you can download, compile and install libusb yourself, and force Flirc to use that instead.
For ubuntu users (tested on precise/elementary luna):
Download libusb from here, extract it, open a terminal and cd to that folder to compile the lib:
$ cd <path_to_libusb>
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libude