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

Haven't tried.....I run either 19.2 or 18.3 at home.
Mint 20 will be out shortly, but I'll wait for a second point release before making packages, just to make sure any bugs are squashed.

Mint 20 beta is out, but it lacks the backport repositories so there is no easy way of installing LinuxCNC on it.

Nah it could be done, without the backports....with a little magic.

BeagleBrainz wrote: Nah it could be done, without the backports....with a little magic.

Not "easy".
I can make anything and everything work, but for normal users it has to be as simple as possible so they can get their machines working in under 30 minutes.
And there is the issue of not using Python 2 any more, so that adds to complexity for users who want to use the Python driven GUI's and some other stuff, but there is work being done to move on to Python 3, or at least i hope there is.

BTW also tested Ubuntu 20.4 has the same issues as Mint 20 since they are siblings.

tommylight wrote:

Mike_Eitel wrote: And also Tommy dislikes windows,.......

That i do, wasted 15 years of my life with it.........:sick:

And yet here we are 26 pages of 'Mint 19.3 quick and easy installation' twists and turns Kind of ironic I think. It all makes for good/educational reading though.