I use this remote controller with an Intel NUC with onboard CIR sensor, running Fedora.
The steps should be more-or-less the same for any modern distribution.
Step 1. Install the v4l-utils
package, which contains the program ir-keytable
.
Do not use lirc. The latest kernels come with most of lirc functionality built in.
sudo dnf install v4l-utils
sudo apt install v4l-utils
sudo pacman -S v4l-utils