libhidapi-hidraw is not found

[marieismywaifu]

libhidapi-hidraw is not found

[yaomtc]

Do you have the development package, which on Ubuntu is called libhidapi-dev?

[marieismywaifu]

Whoa, I did not expect to get a reply to this.
I don't remember exactly what I did two months ago, but it was certainly more complicated than "sudo apt-get install libhidapi-dev".
[facepalm]
OK, so now the program actually starts, only it exits right away because it can't get a handle for the Pro Controller. (which is plugged in and charging)
And yes, I did re-download this thing and re-make it. It worked first try, but with a bunch of warnings.

[yaomtc]

I ran into the same issue. I posted an issue but given your issue never got a response until I came around, my hopes aren't high.

#16

However I did end up finding the controller Just Works with Steam now (with the correct udev rules). It's no universal driver, but it does let me play Undertale with a decent D-pad, so, good enough for now.

[albfan]

Clone hidapi somewhere:

git clone https://github.com/libusb/hidapi
git clone https://github.com/shinyquagsire23/HID-Joy-Con-Whispering
cd HID-Joy-Con-Whispering/hidtest
g++ -lhidapi-hidraw hidtest.cpp -o joycon -I ../../hidapi

You can run with

./joycon

[yaomtc]

Thanks but I'm using this now: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hid-nintendo-nso-dkms/