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diff --git a/INSTALL.TXT b/INSTALL.TXT new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7eefed --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL.TXT @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +input_noticer install instructions +David Merrill <dmerrill@media.mit.edu> + +In order to make this code compile, I had to install the following libraries +onto my system: + + libhal-dev + libglib2.0-dev + libdbus-glib-1-dev + +In a debian-based system, they can be installed with apt-get, as in: + sudo apt-get install libhal-dev + +To see if you have the right libraries installed in order to compile, you can +try compiling the test_noticer.c file, by running the test_noticer_compile.sh +shell script, as follows: + +source test_noticer_compile.sh + +Then, run test_noticer, and when it's running you should see messages when +you plug, or un-plug a joystick. + +Once you've got your libraries sorted out, to compile and install, you should +first modify the Makefile to suit your system. Then you can type: + +make +make install_noticer |