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This article describes how to install XP-PEN drivers on Gentoo.

Prerequisites

Kernel

The driver requires user level driver (CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT) support, or else it won't be able to move the cursor.

KERNEL Enabling user level driver support

Device Drivers --->
   Input device support --->
      [*] Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse,...)
      [*]   Miscellaneous devices --->
         <*>   User level driver support

Dependencies

It also requires dependencies like dev-qt/qtx11extras, dev-qt/qtnetwork and probably x11-libs/libXrandr.

Ebuild

A ebuild is provided (x11-drivers/xf86-input-xppen) in GURU

root #emerge --ask x11-drivers/xf86-input-xppen

Manual Install

Warning
This download runs an installer which can damage a working system. Please perform backups before running any commands. Even if the latest ebuild dosen't work with your tablet (recent release tablet) is recommend to update it instead.

Important
This driver is NOT open source.

Fetch and extract the XP-PEN driver installer:

user $wget "https://download01.xp-pen.com/file/2024/07/XPPenLinux3.4.9-240131.tar.gz" -O xp-pen-driver.tar.gz

user $tar -xvzpf xp-pen-driver.tar.gz

Run the installer:

user $cd XPPenLinux3.4.9-240131/

root #./install.sh

Running

To launch the driver, run a script:

user $/usr/lib/pentablet/pentablet.sh

Note
This driver may work improperly, if it's run as root.

Removal

Go to the directory where you extracted the driver, and run:

root #./uninstall.sh