Debian 12

Hi
Can linuxcnc be installed on Debian 12 Xfce of other screen sets??
thanks Tom V

thanks for the reply I an following the instructions posted by RodW as I found them after the question I posted. I am just about finished but a little confused at the last few instructions (25 and beyond) very new to Linux

25 and beyond (everything after 24 Check latency) are 'optional' steps.

25- Only if you need qtvcp and probe basic
26- Only if you need Ethercat
... etc ...

 

great thanks for the reply I'm stopping now it looks like it is finished and will test in the morning

As stated above the install really stops at point 20. I updated the how to to mke this clear.
Some would argue that isolcpus is mandatory (steps 21-23)

latency-histogram (point 24) is the preferred method for looking at latency. If you are using a mesa card or ethercat, you don't use a base thread so we use the parameter --nobase

We use xfce because it is an xorg environment and the default gnome uses the newer wayland environment. Linuxcnc has some problems with wayland so its safer to use a xorg environment. I might add Linuxcnc's issues are generally due to issues in other uptream code. 

Tommy, note that in Bookworm, there is now no need to select the non-free version as the  alpha version I linked to and the final release when it happens include the non-free code as part of the standard installation. 

For others wondering about this non-free mumbo jumbo,Prevoiusly Deban did not include any kernel drivers that did not have source code available.  A lot of manufacturers only offer precompiled binaries so often the hardware performs poorly or not at all. Finally, Debian has seen the light.