How to install .deb Huion tablet driver

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So i am trying to get my Huion tablet working properly, i installed the AUR drivers but they do not work properly, meaning, i can open the driver interface and it looks fine, but whatever settings i put in do not save or work.
I have the same issue as this guy:
https://www.reddit.com/r/huion/comments/zbhkk8/huion_driver_for_linux_is_working/
Now his solution is:

I managed to fix the issue by installing the drivers from their website.
It says debian on it, but the installer script worked for me on Manjaro XFCE (an Arch-based distro)

So i have the driver here:

But when i tried to install it following this tutorial:

It does not work.

can someone tell me how to install this .deb package?

System:
Kernel: 6.10.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=34819b7f-d663-441b-bdcc-f1157c3768e0 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.6.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B660M DS3H DDR4 v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: F6 date: 08/08/2022
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i3-12100F bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 5
microcode: 0x36
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB
desc: 4x1.2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 bogomips: 52838
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700
XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2 empty: DP-1,
HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 2752x1152 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.3-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi
navi22 LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.57 6.10.10-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:73df
memory: 11.72 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 7 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 6700 XT (RADV NAVI22) driver: mesa radv v: 24.2.3-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:73df surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.2.3-arch1.1 (LLVM 18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.10.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.4 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 544.22 GiB (58.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD Blue SN570 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 234110WD temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 544.22 GiB (58.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 544.22 GiB (58.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 544.22 GiB (58.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 544.22 GiB (58.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.46 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: 31.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C
mem: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.46 GiB used: 5.63 GiB (36.4%)
Processes: 302 Power: uptime: 18m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.17 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1782 pm: pacman pkgs: 1781 libs: 510 tools: aura,
gnome-software, octopi, pamac, paru pm: rpm pkgs: 1 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-07-22
Last full system update: 2024-09-24
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
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What happened?
Provide detailed input and output as text, properly formatted, for someone to help.

Any chance to try with GNOME? In general I think it’s better suited for tablets, and also mentioned in that reddit thread (although we don’t know the distro used).

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I have a Huion tablet and am able to set keys using the KDE settings the only thing that’s not supported are the “strip” keys that you are supposed to “click” with the pen, but different tablets have different levels of support atm.
Have you tried that?

P.S. I’m not using additional drivers from AUR or otherwise.

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Alright.
I did the following command as the guide suggests:

******** in ~/Downloads/HuionTablet_LinuxDriver_v15.0.0.162.x86_64
╰─λ sudo sh install.sh
[sudo] password for ***********:
sh: install.sh: No such file or directory

I dont know how to use GNOME, it is a different package manager right?
As far as the distro the guy used, he said he uses

Manjaro XFCE (an Arch-based distro)

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I have not, but i am left handed, so i need to flip the workspace, if i want to use any keys comfortably, which requires the driver.

Where do you go once in settings to set the keys?

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In settings under the “Input & Output” section there should be “Drawing Tablet”, you can set the keys and even left handed mode from there.

This is under Wayland, last time I checked X11 needed the “wacomtablet” package to have tablet support.

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Please try x11 as my huion kamvas pro will not work under wayland.
Also which tablet do you have

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Thanks, i can use left handed mode, but thats it though, i can only change the pen keys, did that and tested, and it does not work, it just switched to eraser, but did not follow the custom keybinds.

Here i’l let you see for yourself:

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I have a Huion HS611.

Noob question, how do i try x11?

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At login screen , bottom left it will give you a choice to login with wayland or x11 :smiley:

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I see. Thanks.

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Looking at libwacom it looks like the tablet should be supported, I would check the Arch wiki to try and figure out if there’s something worng with your setup.

Does “libwacom-list-local-devices” show both the pen and the pad?

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It does not it seems:

libwacom-list-local-devices
/dev/input/event10 is a tablet but not supported by libwacom
Failed to find any devices known to libwacom.
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Alright so i downloaded the driver from the Huion website again

but this time i downloaded the .tar.xz version, and followed this guide, and so far everything seems to be working.

I switched to x11 before this, i will see if it still works as well in wayland.

Thanks everyone who tried to assist me.

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