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Version: STU SDK

Ubuntu Build Guide

How to install on Ubuntu 12.04.05 (fresh install)​

Install build enviroment​

To build boost, you’ll first need to install the compiler suite:

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential

Install Boost​

Due to the age of the runtime on 12.04.05, there isn’t enough C++11 support to fully utilise the standard library. Because of this, you need to install the latest version of boost into /usr/lib but executing the following command in terminal (note, this can take some time!):

wget --no-check-certificate https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.63.0/boost_1_63_0.tar.gz/download && tar -zxvf download && cd boost_1_63_0 && ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr && ./b2; sudo ./b2 install

Install LibUSB​

Communication to the STU devices in Linux is performed via the libusb framework. To install the libusb framework, enter the following command in terminal, entering your password when prompted:

sudo apt-get -y install libusb-1.0.0-dev

Install OpenSSL​

Encyption routines in Linux are implemented using OpenSSL. To install the OpenSSL development libraries, enter the following command in terminal, entering your password when prompted:

sudo apt-get -y install libssl-dev

Setup UDEV rules​

In order to allow Linux to correctly indentify the device, you will need to set up UDEV rules by pasting the following command into a terminal:

sudo su -
cat <<EOF >> /etc/udev /rules.d/60-stu.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTR{idVendor}=="056a",MODE:="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device",ATTR{idVendor}=="056a",MODE:="0666"
EOF
udevadm control --reload-rules
logout

Reboot​

Reboot the system (not strictly needed but seems to cure strange udev issues):

sudo reboot

Extract SDK and run sample​

Finally, you will need to decompress the SDK with the following command in a terminal (this assumes SDK is on desktop):

cd ~/Desktop && tar -xvjf Wacom-STU-SDK-2.13.1-Ubuntu-12.04.05-Boost-1.63.tar.bz2

Now change to the samples directory, and run the simpleTablet demo:

cd Wacom-STU-SDK/Java/jar/Linux-i386
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:/usr/lib
./c_simpleTablet

You should see point data captured on the pad output on the console.