Installing QtVCP

There is a script available on the LinuxCNC repository to automate the installation of QtVCP requirements.

It will install the basics required to run a QtVCP GUI.

It will prompt to ask if you want to install designer to create QtVCP GUI's

You can run the script directly from a terminal as follows.

Run in place installation:

Package installation (Buildbot):


The scripts are available directly from:

Master Branch: here


2.8 Branch: here

Good work Old Mate

How long does it take to install Qtvcp?

A couple of minutes.

hottabich wrote: How long does it take to install Qtvcp?

The biggest "how long variable" will be your download speed and how quick your machine unpacks everything. But after looking at phils script it is some good work and is quicker and less error prone than typing in commands.

Give it a try and report back, whether you have success or not. That's how you can help him out.

Thanks for attention! Add to the instructions, run in the terminal. For people like me. Everything settled well and bistro. Thank you for your work.

hottabich wrote: Thanks for attention! Add to the instructions, run in the terminal. For people like me. Everything settled well and bistro. Thank you for your work.

Can you check the first post and see if that looks OK.

on what OS will this work

there are peaple using varios combinations

i woudt like to see a warning that tels please update to 2.x First
isent there also a depencies clinch as it installs not the os related QT like 5.4 against 5.8

bbsr_5a wrote: on what OS will this work

there are peaple using varios combinations

i woudt like to see a warning that tels please update to 2.x First

Qtvcp is only in the docs for 2.8 and master.

isent there also a depencies clinch as it installs not the os related QT like 5.4 against 5.8

There is a different version of libpyqt5_py2.so for qt5.5, qt5.7 & qt5.9 and that is handled by the installer script.

does that scrip work on raspberry py?
can I install QtVCP on raspberry pi?
what are the diference between QtVCP and QtPyVCP?