Guide: How to install Wii Scale on Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives.

This guide is written for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and later.

Dependencies

Install dependency libraries:

sudo apt-get install libxwiimote-dev libboost-program-options-dev libglibmm-2.4-dev libssl-dev cppcheck

Install node.js with node package manager (npm):

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm nodejs-legacy

Install Wii-Scale

cd <your-directory>/
git clone https://github.com/aelveborn/Wii-Scale.git --recursive --depth 1
cd Wii-Scale/

Allow non-root users to access balance board:

sudo cp wii-scale/70-wii-scales.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/

Run install:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ../wii-scale && make
npm install --production

Run

npm start

Now the web server and Wii-Scale should be up and running at http://localhost:8080. You can pair your wii-remote through the standard Bluetooth Device Manager GUI.