Linux mint 19 - Internet connection required to install via this method USE QTPYVCP-MASTER downloaded from github Unzip in home folder /home/nc/qtpyvcp-master /home/linuxcnc/configs may need to be present before install, if its not load a sample config via linux cnc, this will create those folders. #install Prerequisite programs sudo apt install python-pyqt5 python-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5 python-pyqt5.qtopengl python-pyqt5.qsci python-pyqt5.qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad libqt5multimedia5-plugins pyqt5-dev-tools python-dev python-setuptools python-pip git install Via Package Manager Python Wheel python-pyqt5.qtquick python3-pyqt5.qtquick #installing qtquick requests that you install some related programs, do that here also sudo apt-get install python-pyqt5 python-pyqt5.qtsvg python-pyqt5.qtwebkit sudo apt-get install qttools5.dev sudo apt-get install python-opencv #Restart computer #install QTPYVCP pip install --editable (directory where folder is here) in my case, I unzipped qtpyvcp-master.zip in the home folder, so I ran. pip install --editable /home/nc/qtpyvcp-master #this runs everything from the setup.py file in that folder. #Restart after installing - this is required Run install.sh script located in qtpyvcp-master folder In my case /home/nc/qtpyvcp-master/pyqt5designer/Qt5.7.1-64bit there is a file called install.sh find the file, right click on it, and press "run as administrator". Or run as sudo via terminal. copy folder sim.qtpyvcp from /home/nc/qtpyvcp-master/linuxcnc/configs to /home/nc/linuxcnc/configs if it is not already there copy folder qtpyvcp from /home/nc/qtpyvcp-master/linuxcnc/nc_files to /home/nc/linuxcnc/nc_files if it is not already there Launch qtpyvcp from terminal via editvcp