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Installing Phidget Driver
Linux: - To install Phidget libraries on your Linux system, the following steps must be performed.
- Install libusb-1.0 development libraries (libusb-1.0-0-dev). This libraries can be installed from the source (http://www.libusb.org/) or if you are running a debian based system you can simply run the command shown below
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sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
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- Download Phidget Libraries from this location
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http://www.phidgets.com/downloads/libraries/libphidget.tar.gz
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- Unpack the downloaded libraries using the command
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tar -xzvf libphidget_2.X.X.XXXXXXXX.tar.gz |
- Then run the following commands to install Phidget libraries
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cd libphidget-2.X.X.XXXXXXXX/
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install |
Note: - For additional information and troubleshooting visit the following website
(http://www.phidgets.com/docs/OS_-_Linux)