Trouble installinf LinuxCNC - 5i25

I'm new to linux and am brain farting left right and center. I cant even figure out how to set the clock - right click on the clock and nothing useful there at all.

The reason for this post however is getting drivers for my mesa 5i25 unstalled, they didnt come packaged. I did a search on here and found the 5i25_xml.zip file to install. but I cannot seem to be able to place it in the required folder. I have tried sudo nautilus without success. Any suggestions?

Thanks

The driver for the 5i25 is part of linuxcnc (hm2_pci) and is loaded via a command in the hal file
pncconf can create suitable hal files for some 5i25 configurations.

What daughtercard are you using with the 5I25?

Attached is a pic of my screen inside the configuration selector. No 5i25 listed. I sortof found the 7i77 in the LinuxCNC pncconf wizard. But really i have no idea what to do or where I'm going. I have spent like 10k on new motors drives n stuff for my machine. But I've really hit a block and feel overwhelmed at the point of configuring this thing. Like I said earlier. I have no experience with Linux or LinuxCNC. I dont know what a HAL file is...

My motors and drives are teco servos, as mentioned a 5i25 with a 7i77.

Are there any good step by step guides or youtube vids for someone like me? Where can I look. As mentioned I kindof fumbled around and found the 5i25 xml file on here but I couldnt even add it to the required folder.

Any thoughts please

I and my college are working in a documentation for installing a 5i25+7i77 for the installation point of view, with detailed information (pictures + comments).
This will take a while but it is a work already in progress.

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Excellent.. maybe you can run the draft past me to check its idiot proofness.

It will take time as we will submit the work for review before publishing it.
It will contain a lot of pictures and schematics so we hope that it will be a real help.