LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control) is computer software to control CNC, turning, milling machines. It is free and open-source.

What is Linux CNC?

LinuxCNC (the Enhanced Machine Control) is computer software to control CNC, turning, milling machines. It is free and open-source.

You can make a CNC machine, robot, robot arm, 3D printer with Linux CNC You can make a CNC machine using this software.

Installing in Ubuntu

1. You can install and experience Ubuntu as a virtual machine in VMware for testing the CNC application. Refer to this resource to install Ubuntu on the virtual machine.

2. After installing the Ubuntu system, open the terminal and run the following codes:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install devscripts build-essential

git clone https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc.git emc

cd emc

3. Finally, run the following codes to fully setup EMC2:

sudo apt dist-upgrade

sudo apt install -y debhelper dh-python libudev-dev libxenomai-dev

sudo apt install -y tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev libreadline-gplv2-dev

sudo apt install -y asciidoc dvipng graphviz groff imagemagick

sudo apt install -y inkscape python-lxml source-highlight

sudo apt install -y texlive-font-utils texlive-lang-cyrillic

sudo apt install -y texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german

sudo apt install -y texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-spanish

sudo apt install -y w3c-linkchecker python-dev python-tk libxmu-dev

sudo apt install -y libgtk2.0-dev intltool autoconf libboost-python-dev

sudo apt install -y libmodbus-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev yapps2

sudo apt update

sudo apt-get install -y asciidoc-dblatex

sudo apt-get install -y libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev

debian /configure uspace

dpkg-checkbuilddeps

4. Restart your Ubuntu virtual machine and check if the CNC application is running.

5. Don't forget to follow my linuxcnc profile.