Another plasma component...

Phil,

Just something you might add to your docs,

With the Materialverter, the output file is the plasmac_material.cfg,

It worked well with my Sheetcam toolset.

Another thing that might help newbies is this list of dependencies needed to install the run in place version, Ive installed it now on a few systems and making this list helped speed the process up a lot.

libudev-dev
libmodbus-dev
libusb-1.0-0-dev
libgtk2.0-dev
yapps2
Intltool
tcl-dev
tk-dev
bwidget
libtk-img
tclx
libreadline-gplv2-dev
python-tk
libboost-python-dev
freeglut3-dev
libxmu-dev
python-glade2
python-gnome2
python-gtkglext1
python-gtksourceview2

That is a LinuxCNC rather than PlasmaC thing but I see where you are coming from.

I think dependencies depend on your linux flavour.

Andy has a RTAI testing on kernel 4.1, if that works out maybe we can just recommend Stretch and we would have a known list of dependencies.

But compiling should no longer be necessary now its in master branch....

Unless you are like me and use 2.7 for a mill and lathe (and an etch-a-sketch) so I have a RIP master for PlasmaC.

Eventually that will change...

Or me who has never bothered to run anything other than RIP on master branch. I'm back to where I was where I started now

There was a time Chris Morley asked me to test pncconf and I never even used that until I did what he asked ....

BTW PlasmaC is in 2.8 now so at least it will be in the next ISO release, albeit without the reverse-run feature but I don't think that is a show stopper.

phillc54 wrote: BTW PlasmaC is in 2.8 now so at least it will be in the next ISO release, albeit without the reverse-run feature but I don't think that is a show stopper.

I just updated my instructions thread and added Stefan's list of dependencies to the first post. Feww comments in red.
forum.linuxcnc.org/plasma-laser/36410-co...fig-for-any-hardware

Cool, could you take out the bit about Axis being unavailable as well.

Oops, I need to put an updated image for Axis in the first post as well...

phillc54 wrote: BTW PlasmaC is in 2.8 now so at least it will be in the next ISO release, albeit without the reverse-run feature but I don't think that is a show stopper.

Will there ever be a official ISO release with the Mint OS? I have grown very fond of the mint version of linux.