Linux [Linux] How to install flirc software and update firmware from the command line

[loggerhead]

I have the same problem, John_T.  Trying to figure it out and would appreciate any help...

[sIRwa2]

Why is this how to stickied if its not working/broken!!!!!!

 

i thought this was a professional operation? a bit disappointing.. if its broke and cant be fixed. please delete this post! 

 

Thank you.

Edited March 28, 2014 by sIRwa2

[loggerhead]

I think the idea is that we would like support on how to fix the problem.  Essentially, this product is broken on Ubuntu and this disclaimer should be made.  I ditched Flirc and went with a wireless mini keyboard.  It works great.

[jjst]

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 libudev-dev # You'll probably need these if they're not installed
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

Once that's done, cd to the folder where you've extracted Flirc and run the program by overriding $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to where the newer version of libusb got installed:

$ cd Flirc-v1.2.2-x64
$ sudo su
# env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/ ./Flirc

Flirc should now start without issues.

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[Jayphen]

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 libudev-dev # You'll probably need these if they're not installed
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

Once that's done, cd to the folder where you've extracted Flirc and run the program by overriding $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to where the newer version of libusb got installed:

$ cd Flirc-v1.2.2-x64
$ sudo su
# env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/ ./Flirc

Flirc should now start without issues.

 

 

I tried these instructions, however on the last step I get

./Flirc: 3: ./Flirc: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

This is with Flirc 1.2.6

Edited May 30, 2014 by Jayphen

[MrNice]

Hi,

 

I want to install Flirc in a Fedora 20 box following the howto at the download page.

I wget it and got a local rpm:

flirc-1.2.6-2.x86_64.rpm

 

When I try to install it with rpm or yum I get the error message:

Transaction check error:
  file / from install of flirc-1.2.6-2.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-19.fc20.x86_64
  file /lib from install of flirc-1.2.6-2.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-19.fc20.x86_64
  file /usr/bin from install of flirc-1.2.6-2.x86_64 conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.2-19.fc20.x86_64

Error Summary
-------------

I want to test with the previous versions but they are not available.

 

Any help is welcome

Thanks

[peter.greaves]

>1 - Dowload the file here http://www.flirc.tv/downloads_linux/

 

Hi there

 

I too am having problems yum install of flirc.   At that URL, I don;t see any zips that can be expanded?  Is there an alternative?

[MrNice]

Hi Peter,

 

Did you run the 2 commands in a terminal?

Choose them regarding your achitecture.

 

What is the answer?

[peter.greaves]

Thanks MrNice

 

>Did you run the 2 commands in a terminal?

 

I am Raspberry Pi so I am ARM.  Can you tell me which is the appropriate distro?

 

IIRC (and I will fire it up tonight to confirm) I got what others saw "W:Failed to fetch http://apt.flirc.tv/...binary/Packages  404  Not Found"

[peter.greaves]

command one:

 

pi@raspbmc:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.raspbian.org wheezy Release.gpg [490 B]
Get:2 http://archive.raspbian.org wheezy Release [14.4 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.raspbian.org wheezy/main armhf Packages [6891 kB]
Ign http://apt.flirc.tv binary/ Release.gpg
Ign http://apt.flirc.tv binary/ Release
Ign http://apt.flirc.tv binary/ Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://apt.flirc.tv binary/ Packages
Ign http://apt.flirc.tv binary/ Translation-en
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org wheezy/contrib armhf Packages
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org wheezy/non-free armhf Packages
Ign http://archive.raspbian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://archive.raspbian.org wheezy/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.raspbian.org wheezy/non-free Translation-en
100% [3 Packages xz 0 B]
 

 

and command two :

 

sudo apt-get install flirc
Fetched 6906 kB in 1min 37s (70.9 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
pi@raspbmc:~$ sudo apt-get install flirc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package flirc

 

HTH, and hope you can help me.  I am probably not understanding the process properly.

[peter.greaves]

oh and

 

pi@raspbmc:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list

deb http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian wheezy main contrib non-free

# flirc
deb http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/i386 binary/
 

 

Do I have the wrong apt sources?

[yawor]

oh and

 

pi@raspbmc:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list

deb http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian wheezy main contrib non-free

# flirc

deb http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/i386 binary/

 

 

Do I have the wrong apt sources?

 

Flirc package is not compatible with Raspberry Pi. As you can see you are trying to install i386 (32bit Intel x86 architecture) on a RPi which uses ARM CPU.

You don't need flirc package on RPi. Install it on a computer if you have one and configure flirc on it. Then you can just plug it in to RPi and use it.

[frozin]

Thank you so much for these instructions, the instructions on the main download page is awful and should be updated with these... Anyone who is a beginner with ubuntu would have trouble using the sparse instructions that were written there, hence why I had to google to find better instructions. 

 

Sorry for the criticism, LOVE the product just think the instructions on installing could of been better when I went to the main page :)

Edited July 16, 2015 by frozin