Quickstart¶

Download the latest Linux SDK Version.

Contact the BitFlow Sales Department to purchase the latest version of the BitFlow Linux SDK.

Download the compressed tar file BitFlow_linux_driver_vX.X.tar.bz2.
Create a directory anywhere on your file system, change in to this directory, and extract the tar file.
```
$ cat BitFlow_linux_driver_vX.X.tar.bz2 | bunzip2 | tar xfBp -
```
After this your directory will be populated as shown in Folder Structure.
Run the install script.
```
$ ./install
```

Load the bitflow.ko module.

$ sudo modprobe videodev
$ cd drv
$ sudo insmod bitflow.ko

Set the BITFLOW_INSTALL_DIRS environment variable to the top-level path of the untarred BitFlow Linux driver package, containing the sub-directories “./[32b|64b]/lib/” and “./inc/”
```
$ export BITFLOW_INSTALL_DIRS=/path/to/BitFlow/Linux/driver/package
```
Run CIsimple to test the installation.
```
$ cd src
$ ./CIsimple -x {N}
```
where {N} is the /dev/videoN associated with a BitFlow device.