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The following shows a typical run through installing and setting things up on Linux.

Install libusb and libudev

Run the following:

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sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0 libudev-dev

and answer Y to the prompt. This should install libusb and libudev.

Setup udev rules

For this, we just follow recommended setup from the firmware. Use a text editor to create and edit a file named /etc/udev/rules.d/55-u2if.rules and add the following contents:

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SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="cafe", ATTR{idProduct}=="4005", MODE="0666"

Install hidapi

To install hidapi, run:

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pip3 install hidapi
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Install pySerial

To install pySerial, run:

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pip3 install pyserial

Install Blinka

To install Blinka and its dependencies, run:

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pip3 install adafruit-blinka
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Set environment variable

We need to manually signal to Blinka that we have a Pico running the u2if firmware. To do this we set the environment variable BLINKA_U2IF. The value doesn't matter, just use 1:

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export BLINKA_U2IF=1
Don't forget this step. Things won't work unless BLINKA_U2IF is set.

Run the sanity checks.

Now move on to the Post Install Checks section and run the commands there to make sure everything is installed correctly.

 Mac OSX Post Install Checks 

This guide was first published on May 01, 2021. It was last updated on May 26, 2021.

This page (Linux) was last updated on Apr 26, 2021.

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