LinuxCNC on Linux Mint 19
05 Dec 2018 06:25 #121846
by cmorley
Replied by cmorley on topic LinuxCNC on Linux Mint 19
It's possible - I have a linuxcnc mint 19 - the kernel is older though.
It also locks up from time to time
I don't remember doing anything weird to do it.
I used the guide on the forum.
Chris M
It also locks up from time to time
I don't remember doing anything weird to do it.
I used the guide on the forum.
Chris M
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07 Dec 2018 09:56 - 07 Dec 2018 10:01 #121994
by newbynobi
Replied by newbynobi on topic LinuxCNC on Linux Mint 19
I have build linuxcnc and glade 3.8.6 in a virtual machine with MINT 19 with success.
This are the steps I did:
Make our own linuxcnc system with MINT 19 (Tara)
first get the Image of Mint from
I choose the 64 bit release with Cinnamon
Install that release on your computer
My user is named linuxcnc and has the password linuxcnc,
please enter a password and select auto-login during setup!
so if you find in the following HowTo the user,
just replace with your name
with first reboot you will be asked to update your system,
please do so, update everything!
OK now your system is up to date,
Let's install the realtime preempt kernel
first we need to install some dependencies
check for "Fully Preemptible Kernel(RT)"
and do activate this option
Exit with save!
in the terminal now enter:
this will take a while, depending on your computer
go on with:
After that step, I was forced to edit /etc/default/grub
as the grub menu did not appear and I was not able to select the realtime kernel.
I hat to comment :
And then select the rt kernel
uname -a gave :
If this did work, you can delete the downloaded kernel packages in your home dir,
as they will occupy a lot of space and are not needed any more.
OK, lets get LinuxCNC from Source:
first need to install:
and than clone the github
as dpkg-checkbuilds needs assess to the source packages and as default the corresponding repositories are not enabled,
open synaptic from main menu, goto settings, packages and enable source code, check the corresponding box
close it and change to the terminal, enter
you should get:go on in the terminal
should give you somethink like:
just install all needed dependencies with:
I had to install additionally:
now go on withstill not running, missed
OK we may need also glade 3.8.6 to make our own glade panels, so we need to install that:
If you followed this HowTo, you should not have installed glade, otherwise uninstall the official one
as we need an older version of libgladeui,
get it from here:
and install with:get the source of glade 3.8.6
in the terminal enter:type
All OK?
Go On.
if that is also OK, we need to copy the hal widget glade catalog to the correct place.
backup the originals first
in the terminal enter:
now copy/add the missing files to that dir with the following terminal commands
Now test in the terminal you did the commandjust enter
last is to make to start scripts:
first to start linuxcnc in rip mode:
just make a directory bin in your home folder and
add a file linuxcnc.sh with the following content
Make that file executable
On your desktop make a starter
Name = linuxCNC
Command = /home/linuxcnc/linuxcnc.sh
Commend = Start LinuxCNC
And check the box "Start in Terminal"
A icon to be used may be:
Click OK and try that one out
lets do another starter for glade:
add a file glade-3.sh with the following content to the created bin folder
Make that file executable
On your desktop make a starter
Name = Glade-3
Command = /home/linuxcnc/glade-3.sh
Commend = Start Glade 3.8.6
And check the box "Start in Terminal"
A beautifull icon to be used may be:
Click OK and try that one out
Now be happy
This are the steps I did:
Make our own linuxcnc system with MINT 19 (Tara)
first get the Image of Mint from
https://linuxmint.com/download.phpI choose the 64 bit release with Cinnamon
Install that release on your computer
My user is named linuxcnc and has the password linuxcnc,
please enter a password and select auto-login during setup!
so if you find in the following HowTo the user,
just replace with your name
with first reboot you will be asked to update your system,
please do so, update everything!
OK now your system is up to date,
Let's install the realtime preempt kernel
first we need to install some dependencies
sudo apt-get install build-essential kernel-package libncurses5-dev wget bzip2 libssl-dev
wget https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.9.115.tar.xz
wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/4.9/patch-4.9.115-rt93.patch.gz
tar -xpf linux-4.9.115.tar.xz
gunzip patch-4.9.115-rt93.patch.gz
cp patch-4.9.115-rt93.patch linux-4.9.115
cd linux-4.9.115
cat patch-4.9.115-rt93.patch | patch -p1
cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config
make oldconfig
make menuconfigcheck for "Fully Preemptible Kernel(RT)"
and do activate this option
Exit with save!
in the terminal now enter:
make -j8this will take a while, depending on your computer
go on with:
sudo make modules_install
sudo make installAfter that step, I was forced to edit /etc/default/grub
as the grub menu did not appear and I was not able to select the realtime kernel.
I hat to comment :
#GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hiddenAnd then select the rt kernel
uname -a gave :
Linux linuxcnc 4.9.115-rt93 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Sat Nov 24 17:09:54 CET 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/LinuxIf this did work, you can delete the downloaded kernel packages in your home dir,
as they will occupy a lot of space and are not needed any more.
OK, lets get LinuxCNC from Source:
first need to install:
sudo apt-get install git git-gui gitkand than clone the github
git clone https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc.git linuxcnc-devas dpkg-checkbuilds needs assess to the source packages and as default the corresponding repositories are not enabled,
open synaptic from main menu, goto settings, packages and enable source code, check the corresponding box
close it and change to the terminal, enter
sudo apt-get update
cd linuxcnc-dev/debian
./configure uspaceyou should get:
successfully configured for 'uspace-LinuxMint-18.2'-'uspace+xenomai'..cd ..
dpkg-checkbuilddepsshould give you somethink like:
dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Fehler: Nicht erfüllte Bauabhängigkeiten: debhelper (>= 6) dh-python libudev-dev libxenomai-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev libreadline-gplv2-dev asciidoc (>= 8.5) dblatex (>= 0.2.12) dvipng graphviz groff inkscape python-lxml source-highlight texlive-extra-utils texlive-font-utils texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-lang-cyrillic texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-spanish texlive-latex-recommended w3c-linkchecker python-dev python-tk libxmu-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl1-mesa-swx11-dev libgtk2.0-dev intltool libboost-python-dev libmodbus-dev (>= 3.0) libusb-1.0-0-dev yapps2just install all needed dependencies with:
sudo apt-get install debhelper dh-python libudev-dev libxenomai-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev libreadline-gplv2-dev asciidoc dblatex dvipng graphviz groff inkscape python-lxml source-highlight texlive-extra-utils texlive-font-utils texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-lang-cyrillic texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-spanish texlive-latex-recommended w3c-linkchecker python-dev python-tk libxmu-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libgtk2.0-dev intltool libboost-python-dev libmodbus-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev yapps2I had to install additionally:
sudo apt-get install bwidget
sudo apt-get install libtk-imgnow go on with
cd src
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make setuid
cd ..
. ./scripts/rip-environment
linuxcncsudo apt-get install python-gtkglext1
sudo apt-get install python-gtksourceview2
sudo apt-get install python-vteOK we may need also glade 3.8.6 to make our own glade panels, so we need to install that:
If you followed this HowTo, you should not have installed glade, otherwise uninstall the official one
sudo apt-get remove gladesudo apt-get install intltool python-gtk2-dev libxml2-dev gtk-doc-tools gnome-doc-utils liblablgtk2-gnome-ocaml-dev libglade2-dev python-gtkglext1 itstoolget it from here:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/amd64/libgladeui-1-11/downloadand install with:
sudo dpkg --install /home/linuxcnc/Downloads/libgladeui-1-11_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb in the terminal enter:
wget ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glade3/3.8/glade3-3.8.6.tar.xz
tar -xpf glade3-3.8.6.tar.xz
cd glade3-3.8.6
./configure
make
sudo make installglade-3All OK?
Go On.
if that is also OK, we need to copy the hal widget glade catalog to the correct place.
backup the originals first
in the terminal enter:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/glade3/backup/catalogs
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/glade3/backup/pixmaps
sudo cp /usr/local/share/glade3/catalogs/* /usr/local/share/glade3/backup/catalogs
sudo cp -r /usr/local/share/glade3/pixmaps/* /usr/local/share/glade3/backup/pixmapsnow copy/add the missing files to that dir with the following terminal commands
sudo cp ~/linuxcnc-dev/lib/python/gladevcp/*.xml /usr/local/share/glade3/catalogs
sudo cp ~/linuxcnc-dev/lib/python/gladevcp/*.png /usr/local/share/glade3/pixmapsNow test in the terminal you did the command
cd
cd linuxcnc-dev
. ./scripts/rip-environmentglade-3last is to make to start scripts:
first to start linuxcnc in rip mode:
just make a directory bin in your home folder and
add a file linuxcnc.sh with the following content
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/linuxcnc/linuxcnc-dev
. ./scripts/rip-environment
linuxcncMake that file executable
On your desktop make a starter
Name = linuxCNC
Command = /home/linuxcnc/linuxcnc.sh
Commend = Start LinuxCNC
And check the box "Start in Terminal"
A icon to be used may be:
/home/linuxcnc/linuxcnc-dev/linuxcncicon.pngClick OK and try that one out
lets do another starter for glade:
add a file glade-3.sh with the following content to the created bin folder
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/linuxcnc/linuxcnc-dev
. ./scripts/rip-environment
glade-3Make that file executable
On your desktop make a starter
Name = Glade-3
Command = /home/linuxcnc/glade-3.sh
Commend = Start Glade 3.8.6
And check the box "Start in Terminal"
A beautifull icon to be used may be:
/usr/share/icon/Mint-X/apps/48/glade-3.pngClick OK and try that one out
Now be happy
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