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The libraries are now installed on your machine. Next, let's verify that they are working properly.
The libraries are now installed on your machine. Next, set up the UDev rules below.


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The libraries are now installed on your machine. Next, you should set the UDev Rules.
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=== Setting UDev Rules ===
By default, Linux will not grant permission to regular users to access physical hardware as a security feature.  This means that in order to run Phidgets code from user space you must grant yourself root privileges via sudo.  For example:
sudo ./HelloWorld
You can grant access manually or, more commonly, set up a rules file to do it automatically keying off of the vendor code for Phidget USB devices.  To do this, create a text file called "99-libphidget22.rules" with the following contents:
# All current and future Phidgets - Vendor = 0x06c2, Product = 0x0030 - 0x00af
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="06c2", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00[3-a][0-f]", MODE="666"
Where mode 666 means every user has permission to read and write to the specified file/device.  You need to then move this file to "/etc/udev/rules.d".  Now you can run Phidget related code as a regular user without the OS denying permission. 


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==Advanced Information==
==Older Versions==
===Setting udev Rules===
If you don't want to be using ''sudo'' to run Phidget programs (including the Network Server) forever, you will want to create a udev rule to allow yourself access to the Phidget when you are not root.
 
Udev has an easy way to set the owner and permissions of the USB interface of the Phidget - it finds all devices that match a given set of rules, and applies new traits to them.  But you need to give udev something to match in order to apply the new settings.  Here, we will tell udev to match the vendor code for Phidgets, Inc. 
 
We recommend that you use the rules file included in the library download you have already installed.  Check the README file included in that download for information on how exactly to install it, or continue reading here. 
 
The rules for udev are kept in files in ''/etc/udev/rules.d'' and are traditionally grouped into order of running (10 runs before 20, 30, etc) and device type (cd, network, etc).  There should be one or more files in there already. Simply find the file named ''99-libphidget22.rules'' included with our library files, and move it into ''/etc/udev/rules.d''.
 
Strictly speaking, the files run in lexical order (i.e. the order they're listed when you use the ''ls'' command).  A device can match many rules, and all will apply (if possible).  If conflicting rules are found, the first rule found is followed.
 
===Older Versions===
If you need older versions of the Phidget22 Linux libraries, [{{SERVER}}/downloads/phidget22/libraries/linux/libphidget22/ click here].
If you need older versions of the Phidget22 Linux libraries, [{{SERVER}}/downloads/phidget22/libraries/linux/libphidget22/ click here].


If you need Phidget21 Linux Libraries, [{{SERVER}}/downloads/phidget21/libraries/linux/libphidget/ click here].
If you need Phidget21 Linux Libraries, [{{SERVER}}/downloads/phidget21/libraries/linux/libphidget/ click here].

Revision as of 22:36, 24 January 2023

Getting Started with Linux

Welcome to using Phidgets with Linux!

If you are ready to go, the first step in creating Linux applications with Phidgets is installing our libraries.

Install

The first step to using Phidgets with Linux is installing the Phidget22 libraries.

Supported Distros / Archs
Debian 6 (Squeeze) i386 armel
Debian 7 (Wheezy)
Debian 8 (Jessie) armhf
Debian 9 (Stretch)
Debian 10 (Buster) amd64 arm64
Debian 11 (Bullseye)
Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS i386 armhf
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS amd64 arm64
Ubuntu Focal 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu Jammy 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Noble 24.04 LTS

If you're running one of the supported distros, we recommend using the Package Install. For other systems, you can use the Source Install.

Install Script

To run the install script, enter the following command in the terminal:

curl -fsSL https://www.phidgets.com/downloads/setup_linux | bash -
apt-get install -y libphidget22

curl -fsSL https://www.phidgets.com/downloads/setup_linux | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y libphidget22

Manual Install

If you aren't a fan of curl scripts, you can install the same packages manually. First enter the following command in the terminal if you are running Debian bullseye:

wget -qO /usr/share/keyrings/phidgets.gpg \
  https://www.phidgets.com/gpgkey/pubring.gpg
echo deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/phidgets.gpg] \
  http://www.phidgets.com/debian distro main \
  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/phidgets.list

sudo wget -qO /usr/share/keyrings/phidgets.gpg \
  https://www.phidgets.com/gpgkey/pubring.gpg
echo deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/phidgets.gpg] \
  http://www.phidgets.com/debian distro main | sudo tee \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/phidgets.list > /dev/null

If you are running squeeze (Debian 6), wheezy (Debian 7), jessie (Debian 8), stretch (Debian 9), or buster (Debian 10) simply replace bullseye in the command above with your release. If you are running Ubuntu 16.04, replace bullseye with xenial.

Update your package lists:

apt-get update

sudo apt-get update

Finally, install the Phidget package by entering the command below:

apt-get install libphidget22

sudo apt-get install libphidget22

Additional Packages

You may also want to apt-get install the following optional packages:

  • libphidget22-dev: The C development libraries for Phidget22
  • libphidget22extra: Extra runtime library required for the Network Server and Admin tools
  • phidget22networkserver: The Phidget Network Server, which enables use of Phidgets over your network
  • libphidget22java: The Java libraries for Phidget22
  • phidget22admin: An administrator utility for listing Phidgets and upgrading firmware
  • phidget22wwwjs: The JavaScript libraries for Phidget22. This package also installs the HTML examples which can be accessed through the web interface


The libraries are now installed on your machine. Next, set up the UDev rules below.

Source Install

To install our libraries, first install libusb-1.0 development libraries. The exact command and package name will vary depending on distribution. For Debian based distributions, including Ubuntu and Mint, the command would be:

apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev


Next, download and unpack the following files:

Open the README file that is included at the top of each directory. This file will give you important information about how to properly install the files.


Libraries are installed in /usr/local/lib by default. If you run into trouble finding the libraries during linking or at runtime, this probably means that /usr/local/lib is not on the library path for your distribution.

You can handle this in a number of ways:

Specify a different install folder during compile

./configure --prefix=/usr && make && sudo make install

OR Add /usr/local/lib to the system-wide library path

echo /usr/local/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf && sudo ldconfig

OR Add /usr/local/lib in your local shell every time

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib

The libraries are now installed on your machine. Next, you should set the UDev Rules.

Setting UDev Rules

By default, Linux will not grant permission to regular users to access physical hardware as a security feature. This means that in order to run Phidgets code from user space you must grant yourself root privileges via sudo. For example:

sudo ./HelloWorld

You can grant access manually or, more commonly, set up a rules file to do it automatically keying off of the vendor code for Phidget USB devices. To do this, create a text file called "99-libphidget22.rules" with the following contents:

  1. All current and future Phidgets - Vendor = 0x06c2, Product = 0x0030 - 0x00af

SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="06c2", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00[3-a][0-f]", MODE="666"

Where mode 666 means every user has permission to read and write to the specified file/device. You need to then move this file to "/etc/udev/rules.d". Now you can run Phidget related code as a regular user without the OS denying permission.

Verify

The best way to verify that your libraries are working properly is to compile and run an example program.


First, download and unpack this C example:

Note: If using the Debian intallation methods, you will need to install the libphidget22-dev package to use the C libraries for Phidget22

Next, open the terminal at the example location. Compile the example by entering the following command:

 gcc HelloWorld.c -o HelloWorld -lphidget22


Run the HelloWorld example:

./HelloWorld


Your terminal should look something like this:

Linux helloworld.PNG


The HelloWorld program will simply communicate when a Phidget has been attached or detached, as can be seen in the image above.


Your Phidget is now able to communicate with your development machine. The next step is selecting a programming language so you can start to write some code!

Programming

Ready to write some code? Select one of the programming languages below:

Older Versions

If you need older versions of the Phidget22 Linux libraries, click here.

If you need Phidget21 Linux Libraries, click here.