Loading 2.5 offline

Hello,

There are several ways to obtain and install EMC2. The simplest seems to be using a Live CD.
This has worked great. However two of my machines (one running 8.04 and EMC2.3 , the other 8.04 and EMC2.4) are now at a shop that does not have an internet connection.
I would like to try 2.5 on these and to be able to update them from time to time. What is the best method to do this?

Rick G

John,

I will try today.

Thanks

Rick

Andy,

That sounds like an interesting idea however I have had no luck with Lucid and EMC2. The first computer I loaded it on (which is fine with Hardy) failed the latency test terribly. Tried several fixes with no luck and went back to Hardy.

Rick G

Andy,

I do not have a Lucid machine right now, but I could put one together. I am hoping to find the solution to getting EMC2 to run on Lucid for me at some point anyway but there is only so much time... What I really wanted to do was have the stable version of EMC2 and 2.5 on the same machine. So I could try 2.5 and keep 2.3 or 2.4 running.
I did download the files and following the instructions for installing 2.5 i got as far as ..

$ cd src
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure

At which point I receive the error "compiler cannot create executables"



Thanks,
Rick

John,

Good call, I must have jumped over that (maybe it is time for new glasses). I thought that when I went to package manager and downloaded the files for emc dev I would have everything.

Right now when I configure I get...

checking for glib ... configure : error no -- required until somebody makes modbus optional

I will go to the shop and try now.

Thanks,

Rick