(superseeded) Linuxcnc on Linux Mint 19.3 quick and easy installation

Thank you there is the main link to the download
linuxmint.com/download.php

This is really terrific! After days of bumbling with hopelessly complicated approaches & endless dead ends, I was able to install the kernel, linuxcnc, reboot & go.

One really dumb question, though: Where doe it install the linuxcnc configurations? I've backed up all of my old configurations from a prior, Debian system and want to restore them to the linuxcnc directory structure, but can't find it in my own home directory.

Where does this approach put the linuxcnc configurations?

Answered my own, dumb question: I launched Pncconf & made a config. It created the linuxcnc directory & substructure in my home directory. Bingo!

Again, after all I've struggled with & tried over & over again, this is an amazingly simple approach that worked in a few clicks.

Sorry, got it work, my mistake
clicked wrong packets
/linuxcnc-uspace-dev_2.9.0~pre0.768.ga8fe34c55_amd64.deb

Thanks for everyone's input on this, I have found the above is really a very easy pathway to get a system going for LinuxCNC.

One thing which may assist, in my situation, I had very slow boot times with the 4.16.12-rt5-kona-rt_amd64 kernel.

Using the 4.14.28-rt23-kona-rt_amd64 from the same page resolved this.

Latency testing results are unchanged.

Thanks for this solution, I managed to Install LinuxCNC on a new Linux Mint 19.2 installation, now identifying itself as Linux lab-CNC 4.16.12-rt5-kona-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT.

To develop G-code programs, I'd like to install a sim version on my laptop, which also runs Linux Mint 19.2
I downloaded

buildbot.linuxcnc.org/~buildmaster/dists...0.g6acbabd_amd64.deb

but the installer gave an error message: dependency is not satisfyable: libboost-python 1.49.0

As a Linux beginner I don't know yet how to proceed. Should I make buildmaster a ppa, download another version, or first find the mission python parts?

UPDATE: I installed the PREEMPT (not the sim) version on standard Linux Mint 19.2 No errors, works well for offline G-code testing
Thanks for help.

tommylight wrote:

This is an easy way to have Linuxcnc running very quickly on Linux Mint 19.1
-Install Linux Mint 19.1
-Download and install using gdebi a kernel from this link
simosnet.com/debian/packages/Konalinux/debian/kernel/
linux-headers-4.16.12-rt5-kona-rt_amd64.deb
and
linux-image-4.16.12-rt5-kona-rt_amd64.deb
Restart, hold down shift and ctrl to show grub2 menu, choose the above kernel
-Download and install using gdebi the version of Linuxcnc you want
buildbot.linuxcnc.org/~buildmaster/dists/stretch/
Enjoy !
Tested on two computers, version 2.8 and 2.9 work.
Warning !
I found those kernels by searching google, i have no idea if we can use them but since they are as Debian packages i assume it is OK to use them. Also the link to buildmaster is hard to find, so if it is not supposed to be shown here, please do remove this post.
Thank you.

mint bro here. Which file do i download?
I clicked on "2.8-rtpreempt/" and i got more directory files.

and why does the linuxcnc website say current version at 2.7?