Help setting up LIRC w/Apple Macbook IR + remote

[Justin T. <hon...@gm...>]

Hello,

I'd like to use LIRC to help control my media center. My Apple Macbook  
has a built-in IR and remote.  Currently I'm testing Ubuntu 8.10 in  
VMware Fusion. I have connected the MacBook built-in IR to the virtual  
machine, I spent many hours searching for help on this topic but most  
of it was outdated or too complex. My linux skills are novice. Here is  
what I have installed

Applications -> Add/Remove ->  Infrared Remote Control panel (INSTALL) https://code.fluendo.com/remotecontrol/trac
System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager -> inputlirc  
(INSTAL)  Zeroconf daemon using input device events

I tried following various guides but I had no idea what I was doing.

Can someone help me?

-jt