CWiid Wiimote Interface
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QUICKSTART
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1. sudo apt-get install bison flex libgtk2.0-dev autotools-dev automake libbluetooth-dev
2. cd cwiid
3. aclocal
4. autoconf
5. ./configure --with-cwiid-config-dir=/etc/cwiid/
6. make
7. sudo make install
8. sudo modprobe uinput
9. wminput -c <key_bind_file>
You can find key bind files at /etc/cwiid/wminput/
DESCRIPTION
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The CWiid package contains the following parts:
1. libcwiid - wiimote API.
2. cwiid module - python interface to libcwiid
3. wmgui - GTK gui to the wiimote.
4. wminput - an event/joystick/mouse driver for the wiimote.
5. lswm - list wiimote devices (in the spirit of ls{,pci,usb}, etc.
6. wmdemo - a minimal demonstration of the libwiimote API. (not installed)
REQUIREMENTS
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awk, bison, flex, bluez-libs, gtk+-2 dev libs, python 2.4 or greater, python dev for python module, uinput kernel support, kernel sources
INSTALLATION
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If installing from git, run the following commands. Otherwise, or if you aren't sure, ignore them.
- aclocal
- autoconf
All users should then run:
- ./configure
- make
- sudo make install
To install global configuration files to the more familiar /etc rather than /usr/etc or /usr/local/etc, execute configure with --sysconfdir=/etc.
While CWiid is still in the early development stages, installation directories and filenames are changed more often than in a mature, stable package. In order to prevent the collection of obselete directories and files, it is recommended that you run 'make uninstall && make uninstall_config' from your current CWiid source directory before installing a new one. Files are currently installed to the following directories: /usr/local/{bin,etc,lib,lib/cwiid,lib/python2.X/site-packages,share/doc,share/man}. Recently, but no longer, used directories include /usr/share/CWiid - this directory may be deleted.
Many distributions do not have /usr/local/lib in the library search path, and on many of these same distributions, the library installation directory (as determined by autoconf) is /usr/local/lib, creating a problem when you try to run programs depending on libraries installed there. There are two clean ways to fix this:
1. Add a --prefix=/usr argument to ./configure
2. Add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf, then run ldconfig.
I prefer the second method since it keeps local software in the local directory where it should be, and it fixes the problem for every package using /usr/local/lib, not just CWiid. Until someone offers a convincing argument for the omission of /usr/local/lib from /etc/ld.so.conf, I consider this to be a distribution bug, and method #2 above is the fix.
Please report any compilation errors at http://cwiid.org.
EXECUTION
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wmgui [-h] [bdaddr]
wminput [-h] [-c config] [bdaddr]
The bluetooth device address (bdaddr) of the wiimote can be specified on the command-line, or through the WIIMOTE_BDADDR environment variable, in that order of precedence. If neither is given, the first wiimote found by hci_inquiry will be used.
See wminput/README for more information on wminput configuration and execution.
