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I am working on creating an IR remote for an older TV using my GPIO, primarily using this tutorial http://www.raspberry-pi-geek.com/Archive/2015/10/Raspberry-Pi-IR-remote#article_l1. However, when I get to the step that says

sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart

I can't do that because that file does not exist. lircd and lircmd both exist, but as far as I can tell, they're not a replacement for lirc? If I don't need lirc, what do I need to change to use the lircd or lircmd functions instead?

Eventually, this is giving me a "hardware does not support sending" error with the command

sudo irsend SEND_ONCE Vizio KEY_POWER

I am using a Raspberry Pi 3B+

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  • This ancient article refers to SysV, which was replaced by systemd 4 years ago
    – Milliways
    Commented Jul 12, 2019 at 22:36

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You're using something from four years ago, before Debian/Raspbian switched from sysvinit to systemd.

Try something that isn't ancient history: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=235256

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