Install the Latest Version of Solaar to Manage Your Logitech Devices

Solaar is a Linux device manager for Logitech’s Unifying Receiver peripherals. It is able to pair/unpair devices to the receiver, and for most devices read battery status.

Installing Solaar on Ubuntu is easy with a deb file, but that build is a bit out of date and missing plenty of new features. So I’d just install the latest version from github manually.

1. Grab the latest code from github

git clone https://github.com/pwr/Solaar.git

2. Install it from your terminal

./setup.py install

If you hit some errors, that means you probably need to install a few dependency packages yourself. Go with APT INSTALL.

3. Fix the access problem

Normally USB devices are not accessible for r/w by regular users, so you will need to do a one-time udev rule installation to allow access to the Logitech Unifying Receiver.

./rules.d/install.sh

4. Unplug your Unifying Receiver, plug it back in, run solaar from the launcher, and enjoy

Yep, the MX Master is supported now.