Ubuntu
lirc package

having to build modules is less-than-friendly

Bug #74411 reported by Brian J. Murrell
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lirc (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I am trying to get lirc going on my edgy system and I have come to the point in the process where I have to install a "lirc-modules-source" and run through a manual (i.e. at the command prompt) unpacking of a tarball and build the modules.

Is this really as end-user-friendly as this process can get?

I really don't want to get into a pissing contest about which distribution is better, but the one I am coming to Ubuntu from had all of these modules in every kernel they released.

Even if they didn't, the "dkms" system in said distribution would have handled this a whole lot better than it seems to be in Ubuntu.

Can we get this process cleaned up a bit so that it's not so "geeky"?

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Brian J. Murrell (brian-interlinx) wrote :

And now I see that this is pretty well covered in 65174. I guess consider this a "vote" for that bug. :-)

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