Optosky ATP Ubuntu Driver + GUI Install Guide

The Ubuntu download is an amd64 .deb package. It installs the spectrometer runtime library, command-line tools, desktop GUI, C SDK files, documentation, license notices, and USB access rule.

Download

Download optosky_0.2.0_amd64.deb.

Install

From the directory containing the downloaded file:

sudo apt install ./optosky_0.2.0_amd64.deb

Use apt install, not dpkg -i, so Ubuntu can install required packages automatically. If the spectrometer is already connected, unplug it and plug it back in after installation so the USB access rule applies.

Installed Files

GUI	`/usr/bin/optosky_gui`
Command-line tools	`/usr/bin/optosky-*`
C header	`/usr/include/optosky.h`
Shared library	`/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liboptosky.so`
CMake package	`/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/Optosky/`
pkg-config file	`/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/optosky.pc`
USB access rule	`/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-optosky.rules`
Desktop launcher	`/usr/share/applications/com.hpart.optosky.desktop`
Documentation	`/usr/share/doc/optosky/`

Use the GUI

optosky_gui

You can also start the GUI from the desktop application launcher.

Use the Library

With CMake:

find_package(Optosky CONFIG REQUIRED)
add_executable(my_tool main.c)
target_link_libraries(my_tool PRIVATE Optosky::optosky)

With pkg-config:

cc my_tool.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs optosky) -o my_tool

See /usr/share/doc/optosky/SDK.md and /usr/share/doc/optosky/API.md for the SDK layout, build integration, ownership rules, and API reference.

Uninstall

sudo apt remove optosky

To remove package configuration files as well:

sudo apt purge optosky

If dpkg Was Used

If sudo dpkg -i optosky_0.2.0_amd64.deb was used and Ubuntu reports missing dependencies, run:

sudo apt -f install