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Merge pull request #77 from maresb/libusb-redme
Explain libusb requirement in README
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sudo pacman -S python-pipx
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In case the USB development libraries are not already installed, you may see an
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error like
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```python
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DeviceManagerError: Failed scanning devices: No backend available
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```
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To fix this, on Ubuntu/Debian, install with
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```bash
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sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install libusb-1.0-0
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```
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By default, users don't have permission to access generic USB devices, so you will
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need to add a rule. The first time you run `labelle`, it will give instructions
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about how to do this:

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