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Release v1.1.3

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@github-actions github-actions released this 24 Oct 18:43

Quickstart:

Please Note: This installer is only for Linux.

  1. Please download the ELF binary:
    py_displaylink_synaptics_install

  1. Install dependencies (if not already installed):
  • if any dependencies on these lists are missing, please create a github issue and I will update the list for each respective distro.
  • wget is optional and only required for the bash script. It is only kept here now as a "good-to-have" now and moved to the end of the list for easy removal.

Void Linux:

xbps-install -S xbps-install -S dkms libdrm libdrm-devel zstd pkg-config zip unzip wget

Fedora:

dnf install dkms libdrm libdrm-devel kernel-devel kernel-headers zstd wget
dnf group install development-tools

Arch:

pacman -S --needed base-devel linux-headers zstd libdrm dkms zip unzip wget

openSUSE Tumbleweed:

zypper install -t pattern devel_basis
zypper install kernel-devel kernel-source libdrm-devel dkms

  1. Make py_displaylink_synaptics_install executable:
chmod +x py_displaylink_synaptics_install

  1. Run installer as sudo:
sudo ./py_displaylink_synaptics_install

  1. Optional Add to path for future EVDI and/or Synaptics DisplayLink Driver updates. This TUI also runs uninstall wrapper scripts:

    • Copy executable to /opt

    • Make symlink in /usr/local/bin:

    sudo ln -s /opt/py_displaylink_synaptics_install /usr/local/bin/py_displaylink_synaptics_install
    

Full Changelog: v1.1.2...v1.1.3

Release v1.1.2

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@github-actions github-actions released this 23 Oct 03:43

Quickstart:

Please Note: This installer is meant only for Linux.

  1. Please download the ELF binary:
    py_displaylink_synaptics_install

  1. Install dependencies (if not already installed):
  • if any dependencies on these lists are missing, please create a github issue and I will update the list for each respective distro.
  • wget is optional and only required for the bash script. It is only kept here as a "good-to-have" now.

Void Linux:

xbps-install -S xbps-install -S dkms libdrm libdrm-devel zstd pkg-config wget zip unzip

Fedora:

dnf install dkms libdrm libdrm-devel kernel-devel kernel-headers wget zstd
dnf group install development-tools

Arch:

pacman -S --needed base-devel linux-headers wget zstd libdrm dkms zip unzip

openSUSE Tumbleweed:

zypper install -t pattern devel_basis
zypper install kernel-devel kernel-source libdrm-devel dkms

  1. Make py_displaylink_synaptics_install executable:
chmod +x py_displaylink_synaptics_install

  1. Run installer as sudo:
sudo ./py_displaylink_synaptics_install