Gamepad - antimicro/ alternative

ab90 · 2017-09-06 19:40:04

Is it possible to install antimicro? Or is there a more direct way to configure a gamepad as controller?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-06 19:45:35

Does this help:

https://wiki.debian.org/Gamepad

EDIT: no, not much

This link looks better:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gamepad

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-09-06 19:50:13)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-06 19:51:10

ab90 wrote:

Is it possible to install antimicro?

They have some .debs available for Debian, apparently:

http://packages.libregeek.org/debian/po … antimicro/

I probably should have posted that first

ab90 · 2017-09-07 12:24:25

Thanks for the packages.
Next step is for me to manage an autostart behaviour of this software.
Was easy in Ubuntu/elementary but i guess ill need some help here...

EDIT: the software is actually not executable

antimicro
bash: /usr/bin/antimicro: Kann die Binärdatei nicht ausführen: Fehler im Format der Programmdatei

Last edited by ab90 (2017-09-07 12:27:19)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-07 16:44:17

ab90 wrote:

the software is actually not executable

That's strange because the executable contained within the .deb package runs just fine in my Arch system:

My German is pretty rusty so can we please see the full output of:

LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/antimicro

ab90 · 2017-09-07 18:51:23

LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/antimicro
bash: /usr/bin/antimicro: Kann die Binärdatei nicht ausführen: Fehler im Format der Programmdatei

it says: cant execute the binary file: error in format of application file

this is the .desktop file created in the /usr/shared/applications folder:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=AntiMicro
Comment=Use a gamepad to control a variety of programs
Name[sr]=Анти-микро
Comment[sr]=Користите џојстик или играћу тастатуру за управљање различитим програмима
Name[fr]=AntiMicro
Comment[fr]=Utilisez une manette de jeu pour commander un logiciel
Name[de]=AntiMicro
Comment[de]=Nutze das Gamepad um Programme/Spiele zu steuern
Comment[uk]=Використовуйте ігровий маніпулятор для керування програмами
Exec=antimicro
Icon=antimicro
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Qt;Utility;
MimeType=application/x-amgp;
Keywords=game;controller;keyboard;joystick;mouse;

Last edited by ab90 (2017-09-07 18:53:04)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-07 19:23:06

Download a new .deb and try again, yours must have been corrupted somehow.

I've just installed the .deb in my BunsenLabs Helium-dev system and it all seems to work (although I have no gamepads to test the program does start normally).

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-07 19:31:01

Wait a minute...

Is yours a 32-bit system?

uname -a

There are .debs for 64-bit ("amd64") but you may need the mixed .ded ("all") instead.

ab90 · 2017-09-07 20:15:00

its i686 aka 32bit

EDIT: BTW, i chose the first 2.2 from last year deb-all;
and installed it via package manager that poped up and made me finish an installation

Last edited by ab90 (2017-09-07 20:17:30)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-07 20:36:52

Can we see

LC_ALL=C file /usr/bin/antimicro

ab90 · 2017-09-07 21:20:34

LC_ALL=C file /usr/bin/antimicro
/usr/bin/antimicro: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=167331e7dea6d8296455ec36a7e780e388390983, not stripped

it is 64 bit... can i properly remove this program and find the 32 bit version?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-08 06:04:53

ab90 wrote:

can i properly remove this program

Yes, run this command:

sudo apt purge antimicro

and find the 32 bit version?

Not sure about that tbh, you did try the .all .deb, right?

You could try compiling it from source:

http://packages.libregeek.org/debian/po … rig.tar.gz

Extract the tarball with `tar xf antimicro*.tar.gz` and follow the intructions in the README file:

## Building under Linux

In order to build this program, open a terminal and cd into the antimicro
directory. Enter the following commands in order to build the program:

    cd antimicro
    mkdir build && cd build
    cmake ..
    make
    sudo make install

EDIT: `sudo apt install build-essential` will install the stuff you need to compile programs from source.

EDIT2: it is safest to remove the compilation packages afterwards as they present a security risk.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-09-08 06:07:27)

ab90 · 2017-09-09 12:47:45

Yes, the 2.22 all.deb.

So iam going to keep the installation and start to compile the script with help of the software you posted in EDIT1.

About EDIT2, what exactly should i remove? (for later)

Last edited by ab90 (2017-09-09 12:50:08)

ab90 · 2017-09-09 12:56:42

Don't know how to cd it. I'am only aware of the

/usr/share/applications/antimicro

and

/usr/share/antimicro

last one has a file called translation...

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-09 17:32:47

ab90 wrote:

About EDIT2, what exactly should i remove? (for later)

The build-essential metapackage and all of it's dependencies.

This might do the job:

sudo apt purge build-essential && sudo apt-get autoremove

If not, then try:

apt-cache depends build-essential | awk '/Depends on/{print "sudo apt-get remove "$NF}'

https://askubuntu.com/questions/166803/ … -a-package

This is a bugbear with metapackages, the convenience they grant for installation is matched by the inconvenience of their removal...

The `apt-cache depends` command will list the dependencies if you prefer to remove them manually.

EDIT: removed superfluous grep from askubuntu command string.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-09-09 17:40:06)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-09 17:37:24

ab90 wrote:

Don't know how to cd it.

The antimicro folder is contained within the downloaded tarball and can be found in whichever directory your shell was running when the `tar xf` command was issued, probably $HOME.

To disambiguate:

mkdir -p ~/antimicro && cd ~/antimicro
wget http://packages.libregeek.org/debian/pool/main/a/antimicro/antimicro_2.23+git.orig.tar.gz
tar xf antimicro*.tar.gz
cd antimicro
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

You should really build a .deb package from this rather than using `sudo make install`, as per http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=38976

I can recommend this guide:

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-09-09 17:37:55)

ab90 · 2017-09-09 18:15:09

do you think there is a more convinient way to make my gamepad configured for usage on bunsenlabs at startup?
need to remote my pc with it for studying, maybe i have some more time after my exams for that^^

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-09 18:25:00

ab90 wrote:

do you think there is a more convinient way to make my gamepad configured for usage on bunsenlabs at startup?

Install a 64-bit system instead and use the amd64 .deb, if your hardware supports it.

The vast majority of hardware is now 64-bit, are you sure you can't use that?

maybe i have some more time after my exams for that^^

It took me not much longer to type out those commands (and hence for you to run them yourself) than it did for you to type out that reply...

Making a .deb from source is optional but correct, IMO.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-09-09 18:26:09)

ab90 · 2017-09-09 19:17:19

..but you are aware you made me wget a different .deb now?!...

EDIT: ddnt find the antimicro with cd again:

ab90@ab90:~/antimicro$ tar xf antimicro*.tar.gz
ab90@ab90:~/antimicro$ cd antimicro
bash: cd: antimicro: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
ab90@ab90:~/antimicro$

Last edited by ab90 (2017-09-09 19:18:54)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-09 19:30:15

ab90 wrote:

..but you are aware you made me wget a different .deb now?!...

That's not a .deb, it's a source tarball

ddnt find the antimicro with cd again

Tab-completion is your friend — try typing in tar xf antimicro then press the <Tab> key to get the shell to complete the filename, it will only do this if the file is present.

Did you try using the `ls` command to check of the tarball had been downloaded correctly?

We also have a graphical file manager that can be used to unpack the tarball so that you can access the antimicro folder that is contained within.

Finally, German command output tells me *nothing* so please remember to prepend all commands with LC_ALL=C (this makes the command "speak" English) if you are posting the output here.

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