I need to install their proprietary Huion drivers, but these are deb packages

Hello everyone

Today I discovered Manjaro and I’m impressed, my graphics tablet works.
My Huion Inspiroy HS610 graphics tablet works in Manjaro, but to configure the extra buttons that the tablet has, I need to install their proprietary Huion drivers, but these are deb packages.

Is there a way to install these drivers?

Looking forward to your advice.
Greetings from Spain.

Welcome to the forum! :vulcan_salute:

Well, yes, there is. The drivers are available from the AUR. :point_down:

pamac build huiontablet

… or… :point_down:

yay -S huiontablet

If those are not the right drivers — even though I think they are — then you could also download those .deb drivers and attempt to convert them into an Arch package. For this, you also need a tool from the AUR, called debtap. :point_down:

pamac build debtap

… or… :point_down:

yay -S debtap

… and then you run that tool on the .deb packages. But try the native huiontablet package from the AUR first. :wink:

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Thank you very much, but there is a big problem, I can’t use the Manjaro terminal. I used the Linux Mint terminal to install the LibreOffice deb packages. Please can you explain it to me step by step. Is everything written in lowercase?

Yes, there is no difference in that regard. Manjaro defaults to zsh while Mint uses bash, but those shells are no different when simply executing commands which are executable files on disk. There only is a difference when you’re getting into scripting.

The commands I gave you are literal, as they are there — all lowercase. :wink:

Also, you can change your default shell to bash, if you like. :wink:

As for package management, Manjaro has two package managers. The first one is pacman, which is the default and is taken straight from Arch — Manjaro is Arch-based, in case you didn’t know this already.

The second one is pamac, which can be used both at the command line and as a graphical package manager (called “Add/Remove Software”). It was developed specifically for and by Manjaro, and unlike pacman, it offers access to the AUR — albeit that this is disabled by default — and to Snaps and FlatPaks.

The command yay is a wrapper around pacman which also offers access to the AUR. :point_down:

By the way, never use pamac or yay with sudo. They will prompt you for a password when needed.

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I don’t have the computer right now. This Monday, July 15th, I will connect to the computer to try to do what you told me. I am a Linux newbie and I don’t understand much of the things you have told me. I can ask you on Monday what steps I have to take, when I am in front of the computer, please.

I’ll be here — as are many others — but the steps are all laid out in my first reply to you. :point_down:

pamac build huiontablet

If this is not the right driver, get the .deb, install debtap, and use debtap to convert the .deb into an Arch package.

Thank you

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Thank you very much for everything, I have entered the commands that you have told me and the drivers for my graphics tablet have been installed and everything is perfect. Thanks a lot. By the way, if I ever buy a scanner, to install it, do I write the first command and put the scanner brand, as you have put with the graphics tablet?
Another thing, all the applications like LibreOffice, Krita… run very fast, but the store and the Firefox browser take a long time to open. That is normal?

Waiting for your reply soon. Greetings from Spain.

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Well, you can always search your package manager for keywords that correspond to the brand and/or type of scanner you buy. :wink:

This is probably related to your network connection. But that’s a different issue altogether, and if you want any help or advice with that, then I would recommend starting a new thread. :slight_smile:

I don’t think so, because I have Debian 12 installed on another computer and its store and browser open instantly. Thanks anyway and I’ll open a new topic.

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