lirc-setup(1)

lirc-setup1

Interactive lirc setup tool

Usage

lirc-setup [output directory]

Overview

A simple GUI tool which creates a lirc configuration after some user dialogs which defines driver, device, modprobe actions, etc. The results are written as separate files in the output directory which defaults to lirc-setup.conf.d

Files

configs

The lirc hardware database. By default the file is searched for in ., .., /usr/share/lirc and the dir where lirc-setup lives. configs is a directory with a separate file for each meny entry. See the configs/README.

lirc-setup.conf.d

The output directory. On normal exits this contains at least a lircd.conf and lirc_options.conf file. Optional files lirc-modprobe.conf and lircmd.conf

Several other support files are downloaded from the lirc website as part of the configuration process.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10–12
  3. 13–Arch

From lirc 1:0.10.2-6 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.