Chapter 2. Getting Started
2.1. Requirements
- A Linux computer and a Linux-compatible gaming device
- A Linux kernel with joystick support (see the Linux Kernel
HOWTO [http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Kernel-HOWTO.html]
and the Linux joystick driver website
http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/joystick/)
- XWindows (see www.xfree86.org)
- Trolltech's QT (see www.trolltech.com)
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2.2. Installation
Installing QJoyPad should be a quick and painless process. The
basic procedure is:
./config
make
make install
however, there are some settings that might need to be
changed.
1. Device directory: By default, QJoyPad will look for
joystick devices in /dev/input, but if your system puts
them somewhere else, you'll need to run ./config with the
argument --devdir=DIR, where DIR is where your joystick
devices reside. For instance, if your joystick devices are
/dev/js0, /dev/js1, etc., instead of running ./config, run
./config --devdir="/dev"
2. Install directory: By default, QJoyPad will try to put a
copy of itself in /usr/local/bin, some icons in
/usr/local/share/pixmaps, and this readme in
/usr/local/doc/qjoypad3 so that they will be accessible to
all users. If you want these files to go somewhere other
than /usr/local (or if you don't have permission to write
to /usr/local), you'll need to pass the argument
--prefix=DIR to ./config. For example, if you wanted to
install QJoyPad just for yourself in your home directory,
you could run ./config --prefix="/home/user" instead of
./config.
3. Use Plain Keys: Normally, QJoyPad doesn't use standard
XWindows key names to describe your keyboard, but instead
uses names that look nicer and are easier to recognize.
For instance, instead of "KP_Begin", "Prior", and
"Shift_L", QJoyPad uses "KP 5", "PageDown", and "L Shift".
If you think generating these names is a waste of
processor power, or if you don't think you're getting the
right name for the key you're pressing, pass the argument
--plain_keys to ./config and QJoyPad will just use the
XWindows default names.
Of course, you can mix use as many of these options at once as
you like. For instance ./config --devdir="/dev"
--prefix="/home/user" is completely valid.