Location

The location of the flirc_util command line application varies on each operating system. The command line application is installed alongside the GUI. If a copy is presented by itself online, question its authenticity.

MacOS

The location of the commandline utiltity is embedded in the Flirc.app application.

bash $ cd /Applications/Flirc.app/Contents/Resources/flirc_util

The application is compiled statically, so there are no additional resources or libraries needed to run flirc_util.

Rather than remembering the location of the commandline utility, it can easily be installed. This can be done with the following command:

bash $ cp flirc_util /usr/local/bin/

Linux

The location of the command line utility is installed alongside the Graphical User Interface. The app is installed in /usr/local/bin, which is in the $PATH. Running the application can be done with the following command:

bash $ flirc_util help

Windows

The location of the command line utility is installed alongside the Graphical User Interface and is located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Flirc directory. The application is uniquely named flirc_util.exe on Windows. The application must be used and called from the Windows command prompt.

C:\Users\user> cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\flirc"
C:\Program Files (x86)\flirc>flirc_util.exe help

Note - Remember to add the .exe extension when following the information or instructions in this guide. Not doing so will cause extremely confusing results.