Installation Bluez 5.46 on Ubuntu 16.04

Bluez Install.txt

Based on https://askubuntu.com/questions/883713/using-bluez-5-43-on-ubuntu-16-04


sudo  apt-get install debhelper dh-autoreconf flex bison libdbus-glib-1-dev libglib2.0-dev  libcap-ng-dev libudev-dev libreadline-dev libical-dev check dh-systemd libebook1.2-dev devscripts 

#unless you have already a gpg key
sudo apt-get install rng-tools
gpg --gen-key


wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/bluez_5.46.orig.tar.xz
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/bluez_5.46-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.xz
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/bluez_5.46-0ubuntu1.dsc

tar xf bluez_5.46.orig.tar.xz
cd bluez-5.46
tar xf ../bluez_5.46-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.xz
debchange --local=~lorenzen 'Backport to Xenial'
debuild -b -j4 -k[your email address] note:  no space between -k and your email]
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

note: if stil having signing issues run
debuild -b -j4 -uc -us

Many thanks - these instructions worked flawlessly!

Great. Solved my issue with BTLE on Ubuntu 16.04

Same here, this got me a working Bluetooth Low Energy setup on my Ubuntu 16.04 laptop to interface with my BangleJS 2 (http://www.espruino.com/Web+Bluetooth+On+Linux).

Don't forget to restart afterwards: sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

Thank you!