Lirc fails to install

[Tom_Doyle]

Hi,

Lirc is already installed by default. I can already see it installed and running on my system.

     lircd_helper@lirc0.service - lircd remote support
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lircd_helper@.service; static)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2017-04-30 22:07:45 BST; 14h ago
  Process: 323 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c /var/run/lirc/lircd-%I.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 332 (lircd)
   CGroup: /system.slice/system-lircd_helper.slice/lircd_helper@lirc0.service
           └─332 /usr/sbin/lircd --driver=default --device=/dev/lirc0 --uinpu.

So you don’t to install it.

I’ve just done a search of forum and found a couple of tickets which should help you setup your remote:

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You seem to have also removed some packages that are dependencies and installed packages that will probably cause a conflict. You could go through and reinstall the removed packages that are listed above and uninstall the new packages, but it maybe easier to re-image.

Thanks Tom.