displaylink-debian

DisplayLink driver installer for Debian GNU/Linux

Problem

DisplayLink releases its drivers only for Ubuntu, and latest kernel version they support is 3.19.

displaylink-debian

• Allows you to seamlessly install and uninstall DisplayLink drivers on Debian GNU/Linux.

How? Just run the script! (as regular user)

./displaylink-debian.sh

but first make sure following dependencies are installed:

apt-get install unzip linux-headers-$(uname -r) dkms lsb-release

Technical

displaylink-debian.sh

• Downloads and extracts contents of original [DisplayLink Ubuntu driver] (http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu.php>)

• displaylink-debian.sh will modify contents of original displaylink-installer.sh and customize it for Debian. After which install/uninstall is performed.

• Supported platforms are:

  • Debian: Jessie/Stretch/Sid regardless of which kernel version you're using.

Discussion

Blog post: Kernel agnostic, DisplayLink Debian GNU/Linux driver installer (Jessie/Stretch/Sid)