Install the kernal module required for the facetimehd camera to work on Linux

99-install-facetime-camera.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e

export CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=n
export CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL=n
# For current kernel
export KERNELRELEASE=$(cat /proc/version | awk '{print $3}')

temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
echo "Installing FacetimeHD camera for $KERNELRELEASE"
cd $temp_dir
git clone https://github.com/patjak/facetimehd-firmware.git
git clone https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie.git

cd $temp_dir/facetimehd-firmware
pwd
make
make install
cd $temp_dir/bcwc_pcie
pwd
make
make install
rm -rf $temp_dir

if [ ! -d "/etc/modules-load.d" ]; then
  mkdir -p "/etc/modules-load.d"
fi

cat > "/etc/modules-load.d/facetimehd.conf" << EOL
videobuf2-core
videobuf2_v4l2
videobuf2-dma-sg
facetimehd
EOL


# Workaround for depmod being skipped above with error:
# Warning: modules_install: missing 'System.map' file. Skipping depmod
echo "Generate modules.dep and map files"
sudo depmod

echo "Adding kernel modules"
sudo modprobe -r bdc_pci
sudo modprobe facetimehd

echo "Install complete"

hi i need help
Installing FacetimeHD camera for 5.7.11-200.fc32.x86_64
Clonando en 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1/1), done.
remote: Total 886 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0), pack-reused 885
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (886/886), 290.76 KiB | 167.00 KiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (585/585), listo.
Clonando en 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 18, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (18/18), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 1101 (delta 11), reused 10 (delta 4), pack-reused 1083
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (1101/1101), 377.88 KiB | 658.00 KiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (738/738), listo.
/tmp/tmp.4btMwpOpIy/facetimehd-firmware
Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio
Downloading the driver, please wait...
Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.5
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0
Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
install: no se pueden cambiar los permisos de «//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd»: No existe el fichero o el directorio
make: *** [Makefile:46: install] Error 1

I'm not sure if you are still having the problem but I hit the same error and completed the below steps to make it work.

1. I created a facetimehd folder in the firmware directory.
2. I ran sudo chmod +x on the .sh file.
3. I ran the .sh file via terminal with sudo ./
4. I restarted my machine.

*There was still an error in the output but at the very end and everything else ran fine. I had to do the restart for the changes to take effect and it works.

Machine: Macbook Pro Retina, Early 2015, MX Linux 19.3

Hope this helps!

This has saved my life.

It works perfectly on my MacBook Pro Retina 13″, Mid 2014, MX Linux 21.2

I updated the script to install kernel modules as root user and also added the color calibration files. You might want to check it out here:

• https://gist.github.com/xyb/879f3bdf93cb5e8fc3d9d9675ae272cb

on entering the bcwc-pcie directory the make command:
make -C /lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build M=/home/partha/Downloads/bcwc_pcie modules
returns the error:
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2

Please help...

further, when the directory /lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build was created and make run from bcwc_pcie directory there is a further error message:
make -C /lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build M=/home/partha/Downloads/bcwc_pcie modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build'
make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2

So there is some problem here with the files in the directory; please help....

No rule to make target 'modules'.

I don't use this setup any more but have you tried searching the web for this error?
Check if you have kernel headers installed that match the current kernel version.