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Expand Up @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ and maintained by the DIGImend project. We maintain this package to provide
newer drivers for older kernel versions which don't have them, and to allow
users to test new drivers before we contribute them to the mainline kernel.

See the [list of supported tablets](http://digimend.github.io/drivers/digimend/tablets/)
on the [project website](http://digimend.github.io/).
See the [list of supported tablets][supported_tablets] on the [project
website][website].

Please send your testing results to [email protected].

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installing appropriate version of `linux-headers` package. On Red Hat and
derived distributions the package name is `kernel-headers`.

Download one of the releases from the [releases
page](https://github.com/DIGImend/digimend-kernel-drivers/releases). The
"Download ZIP" link on the right of the GitHub page leads to the current
development version, use it only if you know what you're doing.
Download appropriate files for one of the releases from the [releases
page][releases]. The "Download ZIP" link on the right of the GitHub page leads
to the source of the current development version, use it only if you know what
you're doing.

### Installing Debian package ###

If you're using Debian or a derived distro, such as Ubuntu, please try using
the experimental .deb package. If it works for you, this will remove the need
to reinstall the driver after each kernel upgrade. If it doesn't work, please
[report the issue][report_issue].

If you're not using a Debian-based distro, or the .deb package didn't work,
you can try installing the driver using DKMS directly, if you know how, or
manually as described below.

### Installing source package with DKMS ###

If you know how to use DKMS, you can try installing the package with it
directly, employing the experimental DKMS support. Please [report
issues][report_issue] if you find any.

### Installing source package manually ###

To build the drivers run `make` in the package's directory.

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and reconnect the tablet. Or simply reboot the machine.

Note that if you built and installed the driver with `make` and `sudo make
install` as described above, you will need to do that again after each kernel
upgrade.

See the DIGImend project [support page](http://digimend.github.io/support/)
for further setup instructions.
for further setup instructions. Please [report issues][report_issue] if you
find any.

Uninstalling
------------
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If you've installed a version of this package before, please uninstall it
before installing another one, using the sources you used for installation.


[website]: http://digimend.github.io/
[supported_tablets]: http://digimend.github.io/drivers/digimend/tablets/
[releases]: https://github.com/DIGImend/digimend-kernel-drivers/releases
[report_issue]: https://github.com/DIGImend/digimend-kernel-drivers/issues/new

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