2.2. Installation

Installing QJoyPad should be a quick and painless process. The basic procedure is:

./config
make
make install

however, there are some settings that might need to be changed.

1. Device directory: By default, QJoyPad will look for joystick devices in /dev/input, but if your system puts them somewhere else, you'll need to run ./config with the argument --devdir=DIR, where DIR is where your joystick devices reside. For instance, if your joystick devices are /dev/js0, /dev/js1, etc., instead of running ./config, run ./config --devdir="/dev"

2. Install directory: By default, QJoyPad will try to put a copy of itself in /usr/local/bin, some icons in /usr/local/share/pixmaps, and this readme in /usr/local/doc/qjoypad3 so that they will be accessible to all users. If you want these files to go somewhere other than /usr/local (or if you don't have permission to write to /usr/local), you'll need to pass the argument --prefix=DIR to ./config. For example, if you wanted to install QJoyPad just for yourself in your home directory, you could run ./config --prefix="/home/user" instead of ./config.

3. Use Plain Keys: Normally, QJoyPad doesn't use standard XWindows key names to describe your keyboard, but instead uses names that look nicer and are easier to recognize. For instance, instead of "KP_Begin", "Prior", and "Shift_L", QJoyPad uses "KP 5", "PageDown", and "L Shift". If you think generating these names is a waste of processor power, or if you don't think you're getting the right name for the key you're pressing, pass the argument --plain_keys to ./config and QJoyPad will just use the XWindows default names.

Of course, you can mix use as many of these options at once as you like. For instance ./config --devdir="/dev" --prefix="/home/user" is completely valid.