Tes Posted May 1, 2022 Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 I have read and read and read and I am getting frustrated now. I am new to linux, so please bear that in mind, but I have followed one thread after another trying to install this damn thing and it's one roadblock after another. First and foremost, the repo DOES NOT EXIST! http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 is not there. Yet ALL of the instuctionals I can find tell you to get your stuff from there. The i386 version is there, but I can't use that one. Won't let me. I have also tried to go to a folder which IS there, under http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x86_64/ however, there is no binary folder. I downloaded the tar.gz file and tried to do it locally but all i get are errors there as well. I am running zorinOS (ubuntu based distro) and all other debian things I have had to do have worked. My issue is that this repo that everyone likes to point to doesn't exist. At all. There were some different (finally) instructions on the flirc page that I just found this morning. So I thhought, aha! I got you now! .... Yeah, no. More roadblocks! I am met with the following, on the instructions page... Needed Dependencies: libhidapi-hidraw0 libqt5core5a libqt5network5 libqt5xml5 libqt5xmlpatterns5 libhid qt5-qtbase qt5-qtsvg hidapi cp the 99-flirc.rules rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/ optionally copy flirc_util and flirc to /usr/local/bin/ So it says to copy the 99-flirc.rules to the rules.d directory. Notice it doesn't tell you where to get them... It also mentions that I need to get all these dependencies. Again... Notice it doesn't tell you where to get them. There are countless other threads I have seen in my search with people having the same problem as me and there is just never a solution! I get that we need to learn things, which I am most happy to do. But for pity sake, can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong here and help me get this damn thing working?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevealon Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) On 5/1/2022 at 6:16 PM, Tes said: I have read and read and read and I am getting frustrated now. I am new to linux, so please bear that in mind, but I have followed one thread after another trying to install this damn thing and it's one roadblock after another. First and foremost, the repo DOES NOT EXIST! http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x64 is not there. Yet ALL of the instuctionals I can find tell you to get your stuff from there. The i386 version is there, but I can't use that one. Won't let me. I have also tried to go to a folder which IS there, under http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x86_64/ however, there is no binary folder. I downloaded the tar.gz file and tried to do it locally but all i get are errors there as well. I am running zorinOS (ubuntu based distro) and all other debian things I have had to do have worked. My issue is that this repo that everyone likes to point to doesn't exist. At all. There were some different (finally) instructions on the flirc page that I just found this morning. So I thhought, aha! I got you now! .... Yeah, no. More roadblocks! I am met with the following, on the instructions page... Needed Dependencies: libhidapi-hidraw0 libqt5core5a libqt5network5 libqt5xml5 libqt5xmlpatterns5 libhid qt5-qtbase qt5-qtsvg hidapi cp the 99-flirc.rules rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/ optionally copy flirc_util and flirc to /usr/local/bin/ So it says to copy the 99-flirc.rules to the rules.d directory. Notice it doesn't tell you where to get them... It also mentions that I need to get all these dependencies. Again... Notice it doesn't tell you where to get them. There are countless other threads I have seen in my search with people having the same problem as me and there is just never a solution! I get that we need to learn things, which I am most happy to do. But for pity sake, can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong here and help me get this damn thing working?? I'm also curious to know how I can accomplish this while wearing Wilbur Soot attire. Edited September 23, 2022 by stevealon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apoksiomen Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 You are doing everything right but this piece of sh** is not working. Despite all the wrong info on the site I have managed to run shell start up script.... but Flirc is still disconnected. Device is not recognized from Flirc or flirc_util. So don`t bother with Flirc I have lost 4h on setting it up and I have nothing to show. And I am not linux noob.... Also as there is no user support from Flirc and real interest for linux OS support. As I see it this is dead project, last update was in early 2020-02-03 http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/x86_64/ This guy just don`t care and is ripping of people on old "glory" brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esin8785 Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 Follow this page this is how I did it https://support.flirc.tv/hc/en-us/articles/203633465-Installing-Flirc-GUI-on-Linux-Debian- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tes Posted December 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 On 12/24/2022 at 12:37 AM, Esin8785 said: Follow this page this is how I did it https://support.flirc.tv/hc/en-us/articles/203633465-Installing-Flirc-GUI-on-Linux-Debian- Thank you! I will try this today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tes Posted December 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 So it turns out I've already tried this. Once again the problem is that the directory doesn't exist. When I put in what it says, and I add that to the sources.list file, I do apt get update and in the lines it says for the one I just added, which I copy and pasted, "404 not found" On 12/24/2022 at 12:37 AM, Esin8785 said: Follow this page this is how I did it https://support.flirc.tv/hc/en-us/articles/203633465-Installing-Flirc-GUI-on-Linux-Debian- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 20 hours ago, Tes said: So it turns out I've already tried this. Once again the problem is that the directory doesn't exist. When I put in what it says, and I add that to the sources.list file, I do apt get update and in the lines it says for the one I just added, which I copy and pasted, "404 not found" Quick question, are you running a Debian based system? If so, have you followed the instructions coming from the flirc.tv download page? https://flirc.com/ubuntu-software-installation-guide That link comes from the Flirc's download section on it's page: https://flirc.tv/products/flirc-usb-receiver?variant=43513067569384#spec2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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