5.
configuring the sigma.7 under Linux
5.1
installing the software
The Force Dimension development folder must be installed onto your system before the sigma.7
can be used. To do this, perform the following steps:
5.
plug the Force Dimension USB drive into your system
6.
decompress the
sdk-<version>.tar.gz
file from the drive \
Linux
subfolder to the de-
sired location (typically your home folder) by running the following command within the tar-
get folder:
tar –zxvf sdk-<version>.tar.gz
7.
this will create a
sdk-<version>
development folder in the target location
5.2
installation description
The development folder contains the following directories:
\bin
subfolder
This directory contains the demonstration executables and the binary files required to run the
sigma.7 software.
\examples
subfolder
This directory contains the demonstration programs. Example applications described in section
7.4 and come with their full source code.
\doc
subfolder
All documentation files and notices are located in this subfolder.
\manuals
subfolder
All hardware user manuals are located in that directory.
\lib,\include
subfolders
These directories contain the files required to compile you application with the Force Dimension
SDK. Please refer to the on-line programming manual for more information.
5.3
installing the drivers
The Linux version of the Force Dimension SDK requires the development packages for the
li-
busb-1.0
and
freeglut
to be installed on your Linux distribution.
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