Install fprintd-tod with support for Broadcom readers on Debian testing

setup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh

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TEMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)

# Install build dependencies
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt -qq build-dep -y libfprint-2-2

# Clone the closed-source library and firmware
cd "${TEMPDIR}" || exit

git clone --depth=1 --branch jammy git://git.launchpad.net/libfprint-2-tod1-broadcom
cd libfprint-2-tod1-broadcom || exit

sudo cp lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-device-broadcom.rules /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-device-broadcom.rules
sudo chown -R root:root /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libfprint-2-device-broadcom.rules

sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2/tod-1
sudo cp usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2/tod-1/libfprint-2-tod-1-broadcom.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2/tod-1/libfprint-2-tod-1-broadcom.so
sudo chown -R root:root /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2/tod-1/libfprint-2-tod-1-broadcom.so

sudo cp -r var/lib/fprint/fw /var/lib/fprint/
sudo chown -R root:root /var/lib/fprint/fw

# Clone libfprint, switch to the correct tag, patch and build
# LIBFPRINT_VERSION=$(dpkg-query --showformat='${Version}' --show fprintd | cut -d '-' -f 1)
LIBFPRINT_VERSION=$(dpkg-query --showformat='${Version}' --show libfprint-2-2 | cut -d '-' -f 1 | cut -d ":" -f 2)
cd "${TEMPDIR}" || exit
git clone --branch v${LIBFPRINT_VERSION}+tod1 --depth=1 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/3v1n0/libfprint.git
cd "${TEMPDIR}"/libfprint || exit
sed -e "/subdir('tests')/s/^/#/g" -i meson.build
sed -e "/subdir('examples')/s/^/#/g" -i meson.build
meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build || exit
meson compile

sudo cp libfprint/tod/libfprint-2-tod.so.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2-tod.so.1
sudo chown root:root /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2-tod.so.1
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2-tod.so.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2-tod.so

sudo cp libfprint/libfprint-2.so.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
sudo chown root:root /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2.so.2

## Remove file incorrectly copied in a previous revision of this gist
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfprint-2/tod-1/libfprint-2-tod.so.1

cd "${TEMPDIR}"

# Configure fprintd to not sleep
sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/fprintd.service.d
cat > override.conf <<EOF
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/libexec/fprintd --no-timeout
EOF
sudo cp override.conf /etc/systemd/system/fprintd.service.d/override.conf

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart fprintd

rm -rf "${TEMPDIR}"

@irfanjunaid I have never tried this on Debian 12 - maybe it ships an old version of fprintd that doesn't work very well with the out-of-tree drivers?

Yeah, it seems like it has something to do with the fprintd. Everything works perfectly on Ubuntu Noble and Jammy but not in Debian. I will try testing with different versions of the driver and fprintd. Thank you again for this script @giannello 👍

Looking for running Broadcom Corp. 58200 on Debian 12.
i've Impossible to enroll: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice: No devices available
OK on lsusb :Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0a5c:5843 Broadcom Corp. 58200

Thx

Yeah, it seems like it has something to do with the fprintd. Everything works perfectly on Ubuntu Noble and Jammy but not in Debian. I will try testing with different versions of the driver and fprintd. Thank you again for this script @giannello 👍

You were able to get the broadcom 58200 0a5c:5843 working on noble using these commands? I know they need to be changed slightly for ubuntu but I haven't had any luck.

My new laptop does not have this fingerprint reader anymore, so the script is currently unmaintaned.

Could this script be converted to work on Arch? Also, does it work with 0a5c:5834