Installing LinuxCNC 2.9 or Master on Linux Mint 21
I'm just trying to figure out if I can keep running my machines on mint because it has always been good to me and I like it and because running bookworm is giving me issues on the installed hardware.
The only issue with mint for me was the python >=3.11 hurdle and that may have turned out to not be a hard requirement after all the headache trying to get it.
So I was wondering if there was an actual reason why 3.10.6 would not be working because it seems to be working perfectly on my mill now.
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Now, since it is officially on Debian, i am slowly switching to it, just need to make a script to install all the stuff i need in one go, and more importantly to remove some stuff before going online, i hate geoclue, it is a location service running on Mint and Debian.
Hexchat, Rhythmbox, flatpak, tomboy notes, libreoffice, orca screen reader, etc have to go, i never use them and they take quite some time to update, when i occasionaly do update.
I always install FreeCad as i got pretty good at it, Blender (still trying to learn it), Inkscape is a must for plasma, and some other stuff that i also rarely use but i like having them.
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Has anyone figured a way around the python3.11 issue for Mint (which I'm using elsewhere too) and LinuxCNC 2.9? Is building from 2.10 an option on mint? Or do I need to use Debian?
2.8.4 is not an option, at least not without some real contortions, due to missing kernel modules to support a more recent AMD GPU.
root@vmc:/home/rabler# uname -v
#35-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_RT Tue Jan 24 11:45:03 UTC 2023
root@vmc:/home/rabler# apt install linuxcnc-uspace
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linuxcnc-uspace : Depends: python3 (>= 3.11~) but 3.10.6-1~22.04 is to be installed
Depends: libboost-python1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0+ds1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-python1.74.0-py311 but it is not installable
Depends: libpython3.11 (>= 3.11.0) but 3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04 is to be installed
Recommends: hostmot2-firmware-all but it is not installable
Recommends: linux-image-rt-amd64 but it is not installable
Recommends: python3-pil.imagetk but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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Get the Debian 12 BookWorm Mate edition ISO, i am pretty sure you can install Mint-Y-blue or whatever Mint theme you want, so it even looks and feels the same.
cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-liv...2.1.0-amd64-mate.iso
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Start here for a Debian 12.1 config and select mate instead of xfce if you must:Not bothering with this anymore since LinuxCNC is officially in the Debian repos and Debian has a Mate edition, so it is the same thing, granted Mint is still somehow much faster at booting.
Get the Debian 12 BookWorm Mate edition ISO, i am pretty sure you can install Mint-Y-blue or whatever Mint theme you want, so it even looks and feels the same.
cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-liv...2.1.0-amd64-mate.iso
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/getting-start...etting-linuxcnc.html
I just built a Debian 12 box on my work PC and am finding Cinamon to be quite nice too.
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You can't seem to specify the python minimum version anymore on the build system.I have to admit that I struggled a bit to wade through this nearly year-long thread, apologies if I missed something.
Has anyone figured a way around the python3.11 issue for Mint (which I'm using elsewhere too) and LinuxCNC 2.9? Is building from 2.10 an option on mint? Or do I need to use Debian?
2.8.4 is not an option, at least not without some real contortions, due to missing kernel modules to support a more recent AMD GPU.root@vmc:/home/rabler# uname -v
#35-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_RT Tue Jan 24 11:45:03 UTC 2023
root@vmc:/home/rabler# apt install linuxcnc-uspace
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linuxcnc-uspace : Depends: python3 (>= 3.11~) but 3.10.6-1~22.04 is to be installed
Depends: libboost-python1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0+ds1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-python1.74.0-py311 but it is not installable
Depends: libpython3.11 (>= 3.11.0) but 3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04 is to be installed
Recommends: hostmot2-firmware-all but it is not installable
Recommends: linux-image-rt-amd64 but it is not installable
Recommends: python3-pil.imagetk but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
You would need to compile linuxcnc for mint. (I still use compiled 2.9/master for older Mint)
I bet after that you could use linuxcnc to make a mint deb. IIRC the python version is pulled from the deb making system.
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Have done this in the last 2 couple of days on both Vanessa & Vera.
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