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 There is one more prerequisite package for MX with some weather station types.
-The cross-platform [https://www.nuget.org/packages/HidSharp/ Universal Serial Bus (USB) Human Interface Device (HID) library] used by MX to connect to weather stations that appear as a HID connecting via USB (like Fine Offset and USB connected Oregon Scientific models) calls a package file called ''libudev.so.1'', so you may need to [[#install|search]] your Linux computer for this file, and [[#install]] it if it is missing. Alternatively, you might just need a symbolic link where MX looks to where the file is.
+You may notice [[MX_Basic_info#HidSharp.dll|HidSharp.dll]] in same folder as executable, this is a cross-platform [https://www.nuget.org/packages/HidSharp/ Universal Serial Bus (USB) Human Interface Device (HID) library].
 To check your USB devices, type <code>sudo lsusb -t</code>.
-To check HID, download this [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/download/file.php?id=11414 USB HID test package] and run it.
+MX uses this library for weather stations  (like Fine Offset and USB connected Oregon Scientific models) that appear as a HID via a USB connection. To check if your weather station appears as a HID, download this [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/download/file.php?id=11414 USB HID test package] and run it.
-Optionally read about [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=14310&p=111593&hilit=libudev.so.1#p111593 Oregon Scientific] issues.
-To read about [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=107913#p107913 Fine Offset issues and the (file may need to be linked to where MX wants it) file link instructions]
+This HidSharp library calls a package ''libudev shared library'' file called ''libudev.so.1''. Most recent Linux distributions will already include the libudev shared library. On my Raspberry Pi, [[#install|typing]] <code>apt search libudev</code> showed ''libudev.so.1'' was already installed.  If it is missing, then [[#install]] it.
+Optionally, read about [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=14310&p=111593&hilit=libudev.so.1#p111593 Oregon Scientific] issues.
+Optionally, read about [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=107913#p107913 Fine Offset] issues, and the optional symbolic file link instructions (those apply if you only have an earlier libudev shared library version, and wish MX to use that).
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