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Installing tuxsetup

This How-to applies to: Any version.
This How-to is intended for: End User

If you want your Tux Droid to be more than just a cute wireless audio speaker, you will need to install the daemon to access all functionalities: motor actuation, sensors, LED's, local sound files...

1. Installing the tuxsetup package


Download the latest tuxsetup package from the download page. Currently a debian and tar.gz file are available.

On most machines installing the debian tuxsetup package should be quite easy. Double click tuxsetup and a graphical package manager should pop up and take care of everything.

If not, you can install tuxsetup manually from a terminal window:
  • For the debian package, type from a terminal as root:

    For Ubuntu users:
    sudo dpkg -i /your/download/path/tuxsetup_1.3-19-rc2_i386.deb

    For Debian users:

    su -c "dpkg -i /your/download/path/ tuxsetup_1.3-19-rc2_i386.deb"

    And you will get the following output:

    (Reading database ... 108867 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to replace tuxsetup 1.3-19 (using tuxsetup_1.3-19-rc2_i386.deb) ...
    Unpacking replacement tuxsetup ...
    Setting up tuxsetup (1.3-19) ...
    tuxsetup: dfu-programmer has been found on this system:
    dfu-programmer 0.4.1
  • To compile the tar.gz file, open a terminal and go to the path of the downloaded file. Next type:
    tar -zxvf tuxsetup-1.3.0019-rc2_i386.tar.gz
    cd tuxsetup-1.3.0019-rc2/
    su
    make install

    If all goes well you get this:

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    tuxsetup-1.3.0019-rc2
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Python API       v 0.2.4
    USB daemon       v 0.3.2
    Tux framework    v 0.1.3
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    files are been copied
    tuxsetup: dfu-programmer has been found on this system:
    dfu-programmer 0.4.1
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Done and done!


2. Installing Text To Speech Voice files.


This step is not mandatory but will give your Tux Droid the Text To Speech capability. It's free, it really works great and it's used in the existing applications already so it's a highly recommended installation. Note: if you want to use the Tux Gadget Manager, the installation of the voice files is required.

  • Download the Acapela TTS voices you want to use from the download page.  You can choose between the debian package and the tar.gz version.
    • To install the debian package just double click the file or use the same terminal command as displayed above for installing the tuxsetup package.
    • Install the tar.gz package by extracting it and run the included wizard script from a terminal window.
  • If your dongle is connected, unplug it, wait a couple of seconds and plug it back in. The new TTS voice will now be enabled.

Note:
Only two different languages can be used at the same time! You can install more, but the TTS daemon will only handle two different voices at the same time. When you want to switch to a third installed language you need to replug the dongle.


Once tuxsetup and a voice has been installed you are ready to run the Tux Manager.

by se last modified 2008-07-15 15:32
Contributors: srikanta
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