DS5 Dongle OLED Edition
Settings, remapping, pairing slots, diagnostics and firmware updates for the DS5 Dongle (DualSense Bluetooth bridge).
Compatibility: Uses the C library of the system (may need glibc 2.25 or later)
Usage
DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition is available as an AppImage which means "one app = one file", which you can download and run on your Linux system while you don't need a package manager and nothing gets changed in your system. Awesome!
AppImages are single-file applications that run on most Linux distributions. Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. Most AppImages run on recent versions of Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other common desktop distributions.
This AppImage uses the C library of the system and may need glibc 2.25 or later. It does not run on distributions that use a different C library (such as musl on Alpine Linux) or an older glibc.
Running DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition on Linux without installation
Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. This is a Linux security feature.Beware! AppImages are usually not verified by others. Follow these instructions only if you trust the developer of the software. Use at your own risk!
Download the DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal:
chmod +x ./*.AppImageThen double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it.
Sandboxing DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition
If you want to restrict what DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition can do on your system, you can run the AppImage in a sandbox like Firejail. This is entirely optional and currently needs to be configured by the user.
Updating DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition
If you would like to update to a new version, simply download the new DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition AppImage.
Integrating AppImages into the system
If you would like to have the executable bit set automatically, and would like to see DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition and other AppImages integrated into the system (menus, icons, file type associations, etc.), then you may want to check the optional appimaged daemon.
Note for application authors
Thanks for distributing DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition in the AppImage format for all common Linux distributions. Great! Here are some ideas on how to make it even better.
Pro Tips for further enhancing the DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition AppImage
Please consider to add update information to the DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition AppImage and ship a .zsync file so that it can be updated using AppImageUpdate. Tools like appimagetool and linuxdeployqt can do this for you easily.
Please consider making the DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition AppImage self-contained, so that it does not depend on the C library of the system and runs on more distributions: ship the C library including its loader (ld-linux-*.so.*) and use it to launch the application, or link statically, and use the current, statically linked AppImage runtime.
Improve this entry by shipping an AppStream metainfo file inside the AppImage in the usr/share/metainfo directory. There is an online tool that makes it easy to make one.
The screenshot for DS5_Dongle_OLED_Edition has been automatically taken during a fully automated test. You can specify the URL to a nicer one by shipping an AppStream metainfo file.
If you would like to see a donation link for the application here, please include one in the AppStream data.