To enable the linuxcnc glade-gtk2 widget's in Ubuntu / Mint / Kali, etc. you have to install a little bit more file's : http://www.linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/base/ for 32 bit : http://www.linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/base/binary-i386/libgladeui-1-11_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_i386.deb http://www.linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/base/binary-i386/glade-gtk2_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_i386.deb http://www.linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/base/binary-i386/glade-gnome_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_i386.deb for 64 bit : http://www.linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/base/binary-amd64/libgladeui-1-11_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb http://www.linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/base/binary-amd64/glade-gtk2_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb http://www.linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/base/binary-amd64/glade-gnome_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb First maybe install glade and geanny : sudo apt-get install glade sudo apt-get install geanny Install the files in terminal like : sudo dpkg -i libgladeui-1-11_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i glade-gtk2_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i glade-gnome_3.8.0-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb Sometimes the terminal say's you have to fix broken packages, this is only for glade installation : type : sudo apt --fix-broken install