docs: add WSL evdev installation note#2855
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Add a note in the installation guide explaining that users on WSL need to install evdev to avoid build issues. See: huggingface#2528
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Hi @DominikPalo, Thank you for the contribution, I tried the fix on my side and it worked well ! A bit of nit picking before the merge :
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Signed-off-by: Steven Palma <imstevenpmwork@ieee.org>
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Add a note in the installation guide explaining that users on WSL need to install evdev to avoid build issues. See: huggingface#2528 Signed-off-by: Steven Palma <imstevenpmwork@ieee.org> Co-authored-by: Steven Palma <imstevenpmwork@ieee.org>
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Add a note in the installation guide explaining that users on WSL need to install evdev to avoid build issues. See: huggingface#2528 Signed-off-by: Steven Palma <imstevenpmwork@ieee.org> Co-authored-by: Steven Palma <imstevenpmwork@ieee.org>
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Add a note in the installation guide explaining that users on WSL need to install evdev to avoid build issues. See: huggingface#2528 Signed-off-by: Steven Palma <imstevenpmwork@ieee.org> Co-authored-by: Steven Palma <imstevenpmwork@ieee.org>
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Title
docs: add WSL evdev installation note
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Summary / Motivation
Add a note in the installation guide explaining that users on WSL need to install evdev to avoid build issues. Without installing evdev, the installation fails with the
Building wheel for evdev (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.Related issues
What changed
Added a note to the documentation.
How was this tested (or how to run locally)
Successfully installed LeRobot on two different Windows computers inside WSL2 (Ubuntu), both from sources (
pip install -e .) and using PiPY (pip install lerobot).Checklist (required before merge)
pre-commit run -a)pytest)