I have full version of debian 12.6 installed on my machine

When I loaded latest debian, I thought linuxcnc will be included.

Can any one point me to the procedure where I can install linuxcnc to my existing debian 12.6

I already constructed a DIY machine running on linuxcnc using another pc, but I like the full version of debian 12.6.

Many thanks

Philip

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install linuxcnc-uspace

tommylight wrote:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install linuxcnc-uspace

Only do this if you want a very old prerelease version. Best way is to follow these instructions which will give you the lates 2.9.3 release
linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/getting-st...th_preempt_rt_kernel

Thankyou all

 

Do not enter a root password, if you do sudo is disabled and you won’t be able to complete the following steps

Interresting

I thought when I entered a password, I will be able to sudo

If you enter a root password you create a root-account, which is what you should not do.

Leaving root password empty will automatically set up the first user account (ie the one that is usually created in the next step of the install process) to be able to use 'sudo' (with the user password), which is what you want.

If you do add a root account by accident you can log on as root and add your user to the sudoers group by typing usermod -aG sudo your-user-name

I will give that a try before re-installing

trying to follow the procedure

when I issue -->   sudo apt-get install linux-image-rt-amd64

I get
E: Unable to locate package linux-image-rt-amd64

it looks like my source list has only one line

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.6.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20240629-10:19]/ bookworm contrib main non-free-firmware

and I commented it


 first editt

I searched and entered the following lines in my source list filedeb deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware
deb-src deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware

deb deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware
deb-src deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware

deb deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware
deb-src deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware


but I still have th same message

Unable to locate package linux-image-rt-amd64


second edit :

OK now I am able to execute sudo apt-get install linux-image-rt-amd64

Now I am at this step

 Add the LinuxCNC Archive Signing Key to your apt keyring by downloading [the LinuxCNC installer script You will need to make the script executable to run it:

I downloaded the script and executed it


 3id edit:

finally installed successfully
thanks rodw