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Help installing mouse config tool (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 days ago by mortalblade@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hello linux gamers, I am a new linux gamer trying to learn stuff (big noob)

I am on EndeavourOS, and have mostly had a really easy time playing games through steam and lutris. One thing that has given me trouble is using config software for my peripherals.

I use an endgame gear OP1 8k v2 mouse and while it has worked really well for me just plug and play, I do kind wanna mess around with some settings like lift off distance or such. There seems to be no official config software on their site, but I did find an open-source tool someone made here: https://github.com/Creationsss/egctl

Only thing is, being a big noob, i'm having trouble installing it. I tried following the instructions written in the install section but I must be doing something wrong, when I try the command "egctl info" in the terminal i get a generic bash error command not found. Any tips ?

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As others have said, make sure it's actually in your path

  echo $PATH

If it's not, move it to one of the directories, or run it explicitly from where it is. I just downloaded it. It saved to my ~/Downloads folder. I had to chmod +x egctl-linux-x86_64, then run it from a terminal with ~/Downloads/egctl-linux-x86_64 and it worked. Although I don't have that mouse so "working" for me is Error: device not found (VID:0x3367 PID:0x1978). is the mouse plugged in?

[–] mortalblade@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

yo ty so much! I never knew about path, thats really good to learn about tyty I got it working now :)

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Glad to hear you got it working.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

FWIW, Windows

assuming that that's where you're coming from

has a PATH environment variable too. It's just less common to invoke things directly by executable name on Windows in 2026, or to modify it, so it doesn't come up much. If you type echo %PATH% in cmd.com on Windows, you'll see something similar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable)#DOS,_OS/2,_and_Windows