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# anyRemote

# Software prerequisites

## Hardware

To use anyRemote it needs to have a PC with bluetooth or Wi-Fi card.

## Software

To use anyRemote over bluetooth connection you need to install bluez (Bluetooth protocol stack). You should probably install at least bluez-libs, bluez-libs-devel and bluez-utils packages.

You need to have Glib installed on Your system.

(For embedded systems like OpenWRT there are exists possibility to build anyRemote without Glib).

To use XTest X11 extension you need to install libXtst package.

To use D-BUS you need to install dbus-glib package.

Other suggested software:

- wmctrl
- imagemagic

If You plan to use anyRemote with JSR-82 compatible phone and upload icons to it then it is strongly suggested (especially for Siemens-S65 users) to use Pngout utility.

If You plan to compile anyRemote form sources you need to install:

- automake
- autoconf
- gcc (GNU Compiler Collection)
- To use XTest X11 extension you need to install libXtst package and /usr/include/X11/extensions/XTest.h header (depending on distro it could be in xorg-x11-proto-devel or libXtst-dev packages).
- Headers for Glib, D-BUS and glib-dbus.

If You plan to use GUI front-ends then you need to install:

- python 2.4 or newer
- PyBluez
- PyGTK 2.10 or newer for Gnome front-end
- PyQt4 and PyKDE4 for KDE frontend

Maintained by anyRemote. Website by m.lettner.