stmm-input-xi
Latest version: 0.18
Device input event library - xinput floating keyboards
Features:- stmm-input plugin that supports multiple keyboards connected via USB
- x11 only: on wayland use stmm-input-plugins -d stmm-input-gtk-xi to disable it
Debian binary packages (amd64 architecture)
For Debian based Linux distros like Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.Hardware: PCs (x86-64 or amd64 CPUs)
Note: the sudo package must be installed and your user must have permission to execute commands as superuser.
Prerequisite projects (must be installed first)
Prerequisite packages
$ sudo apt-get install libxi6 libx11-6
Download, unzip and install
$ wget https://www.efanomars.com/bins/stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-amd64-d09.tar.gz
$ sha256sum stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-amd64-d09.tar.gz # should return
$ # ce10804437d784dc63359d97c036a08f1ce22b482e7f605d88440a8b357d0b64
$ tar xvz -f stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-amd64-d09.tar.gz
$ cd stmm-input-xi-0.18
$ ./install-bin.sh # with -d also development debs are installed
Uninstall
From the same directory of install-bin.sh$ # Remember to uninstall dependant projects first !
$ ./uninstall-bin.sh # with -d also development debs are uninstalled
Arch binary package (amd64 architecture)
For Linux Arch based distros like Arch, Manjaro, etc.Hardware: PCs (x86-64 or amd64 CPUs)
This project is also available in the AUR (Arch User Repository) at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/stmm-input-xi/.
Note: the sudo package must be installed and your user must have permission to execute commands as superuser.
Prerequisite projects (must be installed first)
Prerequisite packages
$ sudo pacman -S libxi libx11
Download and install
$ wget https://www.efanomars.com/bins/stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-arch-amd64-m.pkg.tar.xz
$ sha256sum stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-arch-amd64-m.pkg.tar.xz # should return
$ # ce6bffab5cef494477d5b578a25c491358a85d68abece2f208976cb7dc1ea936
$ sudo pacman -U stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-arch-amd64-m.pkg.tar.xz
Uninstall
$ sudo pacman -R stmm-input-xi
Debian binary packages (arm64 architecture)
For Debian based Linux distros like Raspberry Pi OS, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4, PineBook
Note: the sudo package must be installed and your user must have permission to execute commands as superuser.
Prerequisite projects (must be installed first)
Prerequisite packages
$ sudo apt-get install libxi6 libx11-6
Download, unzip and install
$ wget https://www.efanomars.com/bins/stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-arm64-d09.tar.gz
$ sha256sum stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-arm64-d09.tar.gz # should return
$ # 66f895ebda52b1e4da5f36962efa01cc07703888c5ab03dd44021fd61d80fb62
$ tar xvz -f stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-arm64-d09.tar.gz
$ cd stmm-input-xi-0.18
$ ./install-bin.sh # with -d also development debs are installed
Uninstall
From the same directory of install-bin.sh$ # Remember to uninstall dependant projects first !
$ ./uninstall-bin.sh # with -d also development debs are uninstalled
Arch binary package (arm64 architecture)
For Linux Arch based distros like Arch, Manjaro, etc.Hardware: PineBook, Raspberry Pi 4
Note: the sudo package must be installed and your user must have permission to execute commands as superuser.
Prerequisite projects (must be installed first)
Prerequisite packages
$ sudo pacman -S libxi libx11
Download and install
$ wget https://www.efanomars.com/bins/stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-arch-arm64-m.pkg.tar.xz
$ sha256sum stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-arch-arm64-m.pkg.tar.xz # should return
$ # e2b0566f0d3571ba52e941e507188b74dccb475dcb4868442361a9d3bceb9e80
$ sudo pacman -U stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-arch-arm64-m.pkg.tar.xz
Uninstall
$ sudo pacman -R stmm-input-xi
Debian binary packages (armhf architecture)
For Debian based Linux distros like Raspberry Pi OS, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3B+
Note: the sudo package must be installed and your user must have permission to execute commands as superuser.
Prerequisite projects (must be installed first)
Prerequisite packages
$ sudo apt-get install libxi6 libx11-6
Download, unzip and install
$ wget https://www.efanomars.com/bins/stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-armhf-d09.tar.gz
$ sha256sum stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-armhf-d09.tar.gz # should return
$ # 7d25e6f91dd2589adb3b1d09644556dafe5ef77f02abfaae9915f18ebde8070f
$ tar xvz -f stmm-input-xi-0.18-1-deb-armhf-d09.tar.gz
$ cd stmm-input-xi-0.18
$ ./install-bin.sh # with -d also development debs are installed
Uninstall
From the same directory of install-bin.sh$ # Remember to uninstall dependant projects first !
$ ./uninstall-bin.sh # with -d also development debs are uninstalled
Other linux distributions or architectures
Prerequisite projects (must be installed first)
Prerequisite packages
- libxi-dev
- libx11-dev
- g++
- cmake
- doxygen
- graphviz
- python3
Download, build and install
$ git clone https://gitlab.com/efanomars/stmm-input-xi.git
$ cd stmm-input-xi
$ STMM_MAKE_OPTIONS="--jobs=4" ./scripts/install_stmm-input-xi-all.py -b=Release
Uninstall
$ ./scripts/uninstall_stmm-input-xi-all.py
Source code
Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/efanomars/stmm-input-xi
Tarball: https://www.efanomars.com/sources/stmm-input-xi-0.18.tar.gz
(sha256sum: 416df04807a2336756710a59991f264c5ce89d03e387225e53d27ff18264de0d)Contents
This source package contains:- libstmm-input-gtk-xi: library that implements a device manager that integrates into Gtk’s main event loop sending key events from multiple independent floating keyboard devices to listeners.
- device-floater: simple gui application to safely float keyboard and pointer devices managed by X11 (XI2).