Installing card reader

[JKey]

hi guys,
just installed Lite 5 and it's working perfectly, so happy with it. But maybe not so happy with myself I have a new TechlyI-Card Cam-USB2TY which for the life of me I can't install. I can't run the mini cd installation disc beyond putting the files into a folder and the driver from the website I do not know how to open.
Grateful for any help...

[JKey]

the card reader is for Tax online and ID card use in Belgium. I have relevant addons in Firefox

[valtam]

Download - https://www.techly.com/amfilerating/file..._id/11940/

Open Terminal:

Code:

bzip2 -d i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10.bz2

Rename:

Code:

i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10

to

Code:

i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10.tar

Right click on:

Code:

i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10.tar

Extract Here.

Should have folder - rts_pstor look at the README.txt for how to install. Make sure in Step 2 onwards you use sudo su.

[JKey]

hello Jerry and thanks for the help but I am doing something wrong!
download file ok.
Terminal command  - bzip2 -d i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10.bz2
gets message -command not found
I renamed the file ,opened it and the ReadMe says- (this is the whole file with steps 1 2 and 3 but no instructions)
Sorry if something dumb is wasting your time

General Information
===================

Linux driver for Realtek PCI-Express card reader chip.


Build Steps
===========

1) make
2) make install
3) depmod
4) reboot your computer

[valtam]

Terminal command  - bzip2 -d i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10.bz2
gets message -command not found

bzip2 -d i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10.bz2

is the command, looks like you included 'command  - ' from my instructions.

[Şerban S.]

[...] is the command, looks like you included 'command  - ' from my instructions.

JKey did right what he did.
The problem is that there are only sources for the driver. He has to complile the driver. And I guess it's too much to handle for the beginner level. I avoid this too, although I guess I can handle it, if this would be the only approach.

I also read the "Readme" file and actually the producer assumes that everybody is a seasoned programmer. There are only a few words saying what step to do, but nothing else, such as what compiler version, dependencies and all the rest of the stuff.
I wanted to help, but it's well above my level of experience so I just read the info and looked into the files. When I saw the solution, i got stucked too.

If you can point here to some compiling basic (total newbie) articles, would be really helpful.
Or if there is anyone experienced enough and willing to do the compiling and build a .deb installer with the binary, I guess this would be the best approach to this issue.

[JKey]

happy that it's difficult for you too (not really but it makes me feel better)
this is the terminal response after steps 1 and 2 and the read me file as you say assumes a higher level.

Welcome to Linux Lite 5.0 j

Dienstag 28 Juli 2020, 11:02:13
Memory Usage: 1039/5848MB (17.77%)
Disk Usage: 12/586GB (3%)
Support - https://www.135978621.xyz/forums/ (Right click, Open Link)

 j  ~  bzip2 -d i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10.bz2
bzip2: Can't open input file i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10.bz2: No such file or directory.
 j  ~  1  i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10
i_card_cam_usb2ty_card_reader_driver_per_linux_v1_10: command not found
 j  ~  127  

[valtam]

Start again, first delete all remnants of previous attempts.

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