Linux support

Firefly Luciferin has a complete Linux support. Install packages come in two flavours, RPM and DEB.
Firefly Luciferin controls are accessed via tray icon, in recent releases GNOME removed this support, for this reason Linux version have an additional tab for controls.

Install via RPM:

rpm -Uvh FireflyLuciferinLinux.rpm

Install via DEB:

dpkg -i FireflyLuciferinLinux.deb

Once installed you can find the executable binary in:

/opt/FireflyLuciferin/bin

some distros requires the appropriate permissions on that folder.

How to configure Luciferin autostart

If you are a Gnome user, you can start Luciferin after login / boot with a few clicks. The simplest way to run programs on startup is to use the gnome-tweaks tool.

You can simply install it using apt with the following command:

~ » sudo apt install gnome-tweaks 

• Configure Luciferin and ensure to enable Turn LED ON

• Start gnome-tweaks and navigate to Startup Applications

• Click the large "+"-Button and search for Firefly Luciferin

• Click add and close gnome-tweaks

On the next login / boot Luciferin will start automatically

_{(Thanks to @patrick-blom for this Wiki page)}

Firewall

If you are using the full firmware, Luciferin uses various ports for devices auto discovery. If Firefly Luciferin does not find your Glow Worm device, you may need to open this ports on your Firewall:

• 4210
• 5001
• 5002
• 5003

Luciferin supports Wayland

If you use Wayland you must use the PIPEWIREXDG capture method,
XIMAGESRC instead.

NVIDIA CUDA

If you are using an NVIDIA GPU you can use the CUDA specific pipeline implemented in the XIMAGESRC (NVIDIA) and PIPEWIREXDG (NVIDIA) capture methods.
If you want to use NVIDIA CUDA you need to have a capable GPU and you need additional libs from GStreamer.