python-lirc (deprecated)

Since Linux 4.18, IR is now handled in-kernel and IR events appear just like keyboard or mouse events, making the LIRC daemon and clients (like python-lirc) mostly redundant. The new way to configure keymaps is using ir-keytable which comes with v4l-utils. See #28 (comment)

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Install

pip3 install python3-lirc

Configure

You need a valid lircrc configuration file. For example:

$ cat ~/.lircrc
begin
  button = 1          # what button is pressed on the remote
  prog = myprogram    # program to handle this command
  config = one, horse # configs are given to program as list
end

begin
  button = 2
  prog = myprogram
  config = two
end

Use

$ python3
>>> import lirc
>>> sockid = lirc.init("myprogram")
>>> lirc.nextcode()  # press 1 on remote after this
['one', 'horse']
>>> lirc.deinit()

Load custom configurations with:

>>> sockid = lirc.init("myprogram", "mylircrc")
>>> lirc.load_config_file("another-config-file") # subsequent configs

Set whether nextcode blocks or not with:

>>> sockid = lirc.init("myprogram", blocking=False)
>>> lirc.set_blocking(True, sockid)  # or this

Building and Installing

If you want to install manually then you may also need to install cython and some dev libraries:

sudo apt install cython gcc liblircclient-dev python{,3}-{dev,setuptools}

Download, compile and install for Python 3 and 2.

git clone https://github.com/tompreston/python-lirc.git
cd python-lirc/
make py3 && sudo python3 setup.py install
make py2 && sudo python setup.py install

Development

Install the dev libraries as above.
Make changes to lirc/lirc.pyx.
Compile with make py3 && python3 setup.py build
Test with python3 tests/tests.py