Hello, My name is Chris and I have just started using Debian. I would like to build a Debian package for the Lejos NXJ project (http://lejos.sourceforge.net/). Its a replacement firmware and java api for a commercially available robotics platform, the Lego NXT. While I understand this is not the easiest program to package, I do want to still try.
I have however run in to a couple of problems I was hoping you could help me with. Firstly, to compile it requires the cpptasks java library (http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/cpptasks/index.html) for ant and currently as far as I can tell this is not included with Debian. It looks to be separate, but part of the ant-contrib project that is included with Debian. I don't want to really package this as well. How should I move forward? Secondly, I have little understanding of the usb permissions on Debian. I have done some basic tests and the device can't be accessed without root permissions on a standard installation of Debian. The project readme says: To use udev rules, set up a file such as /etc/udev/rules.d/70-lego.rules and populate it with the following lines: # Lego NXT BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="03eb", GROUP="lego", MODE="0660" BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0694", GROUP="lego", MODE="0660" This relies on the username you are using being in the lego group. You can modify the file to your requirements. The two vendors are LEGO and Atmel (for the samba driver used in firmware update mode). You may need to reload the rules or restart udev. On some Linux systems, the command to reload the rules is udevadm control --reload-rules. However I don't believe this is the best solution, the device just needs to be accessible by the normal user, does a specific group need to be added just for this purpose? Thanks, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1279649651.8350.3.ca...@chris-debian-desktop
