Ethercat installation from repositories - how to step by step

I think you need to also install libethercat-dev and maybe also libethercat
I took them out but at a guess the header files will be in the -dev package

I have not got that far yet. Waiting for a NIC to arrive today but a semi trailer just fell off its prime mover right in front of our building

The iGh guys let me know that their DKMS drivers have finally made it to their mainstream repository and they hope to get them into Debian eventually.

The instructions we have here should remain  pretty stable once we sort out buzzFab's problem.
 

hey Rod!

Thanks for updating the instructions!

one thing I stumbled across in the first post, but forgot to mention. there's a typo at you doubled halcmd, no big deal but would be easier if you'd fix it.

thanks for all your work!
 

That was quick! Itwas only there for 3 minutes before you found it
I changed the halcmd  typo too.

rodw wrote:

I think you need to also install libethercat-dev and maybe also libethercat
I took them out but at a guess the header files will be in the -dev package

This worked. I install both of the packages and was able to compile and finish the rest of your guide without error.

I used your ethercat-conf.xml and halcmd show pin lcec displayed

This is the first time i have made it this far i don't really even know the where to go next

Awesome!
I got confirmation from iGh that libethercat-dev  was required and the first post has been updated accordingly. I was also able to introduce them to one of the Debian guys  who works in with Linuxcnc last night and he's agreed to sponsor them into Debian so hopefully one day their packages will end up in Debian!

From here, it would be best for you to open another thread and let us know your hardware and share your config files (ethercat xml, hal and ini).