xcape with Ubuntu 14

[geo7]

Installed using the given method but doesn't seem to work for me. I'm not getting the error here, I'm just not getting anything.

Installed using :

    cd ~
    sudo apt-get install git gcc make pkg-config libx11-dev libxtst-dev libxi-dev
    mkdir xcape
    cd xcape
    git clone https://github.com/alols/xcape.git .
    make

This is the output of the install:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gcc is already the newest version.
libx11-dev is already the newest version.
libxtst-dev is already the newest version.
make is already the newest version.
pkg-config is already the newest version.
libxi-dev is already the newest version.
git is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  fonts-font-awesome fonts-mathjax ipython-notebook-common libjs-highlight
  libjs-jquery-ui libjs-marked libjs-mathjax libpgm-5.1-0 libx265-49 libzmq3
  python-mysqldb python-simplegeneric python-tornado python-zmq
  vlc-plugin-pulse

I have the file xcape in ~/xcape

└─[$]› file xcape
xcape: ELF 64-bit LSB  executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.24, BuildID[sha1]=88b6cd9cb4aabc502ba59d897c8b3a4e60a563ab, not st
ripped

If I run this file with ./xcape I see no output, and which doesn't return anything either

[$]› ./xcape 

[$]› which xcape

If I then load a new terminal with the following in bashrc

xmodmap -e "clear lock"
xmodmap -e "remove control = Control_L"
xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Control_L"
xmodmap -e "add control = Control_L"

xcape -e "Control_L=Escape"

I get the output :

xmodmap:  please release the following keys within 2 seconds:
    Return (keysym 0xff0d, keycode 36)
    Super_L (keysym 0xffeb, keycode 133)
xcape: command not found
xcape: command not found

After restarting the machine I still get the error

xcape: command not found
xcape: command not found

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I'm not sure if this is something to do with the distro or what - are there known issues for particular distros?

[jdwolin]

Running Mint 17.2 with the same exact issue. Also wanted to comment that you are scratching an itch I've had for a long time in developing this!

[alols]

You also need to run sudo make install if you want to be able to launch xcape in the way you are doing.