1.8 KiB
Thanks to Pete Peterson (@ipetepete on Twitter) for these instructions for setting up K40 Whisperer on a Mac computer
Requirements
- Python 2.7 (this works nicely if you use virtualenv)
- Inkscape (build from source using brew)
- Must be run as
root-see below for more info
Instructions
Install Inkscape
This did not work using the Quartz binary for Inkscape. Only by building from source did it work correctly. Suggested approach is installing using Homebrew:
brew install caskformula/caskformula/inkscape
Install Python & Libraries
Suggested approach is to use Virtualenv and install Python 2.7 even if your system is currently running 2.7.
Install requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run K40Whisperer
sudo python k40_whisperer.py
Why does this need to be run as root?
In general all devices require elevated permissions. To allow PyUSB access to a certain device as non-root, some work needs to be done, namely; create a user-group, set perms to the device when connected as belonging to the group, add your user to the newly created user-group.
Read more here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3738173/why-does-pyusb-libusb-require-root-sudo-permissions-on-linux#8582398
This can potentially be automated, but more work needs to be done.