Installing LinuxCNC 2.10 And Probe Basic on Linux MX 21

are you wanting to install for machine use or do you want to develop it? if for machine use you need to install the .deb version, and im not sure if that will work on that OS. currently xfce4 is the supported OS for qtpyvcp and probe basic. pip install no longer works on any version or OS as of Python 3.11 which is the currently used version. not something we are happy about but we must use the new venv method which isn't awesome. that is documented in thr sticky section, but that is for DEVELOPMENT work only!!!

so if you are dead set on using MX21, you are pretty much on your own.

if you want to follow the proven and supported method, it will just simply work!

hmm

Looks like a bit of an issue. If that's true I'm stuck. My machine (PC) is brand new and the hardware is not compatible with the older versions of Linux. Debian 10 buster is where I started and it failed to display anything because of driver issues. MX has exactly what I need to run my machine but if it has new python software and that is not compatible with Probe Basic then all I have is the default Linux CNC?

Which is ok but I had planned on using probe basic.

2.10 is the development version of linuxcnc, you should be on 2.9 ( also technically a development version but more stable. both are run on debian 12 which is also currently the development version although it has a release date now to be current in a few weeks. debian 12 with the non free firmware is most likely every bit as compatible as mx21.

Ok, I can give that a try and see if it works.

do you expect that to work with probe basic as it is or will it take time for probe basic to be compatible with debian 12?

kcjengr.github.io/probe_basic/quick_start.html#

probe basic is now only compatible for install with debian 12 as a standard practice. use the link above for the correct installation.

Chris, Just wanted you to know that I was looking at your home page and saw that your link to QtPyVCP ( qtpyvcp.kcjengr.com/ ) is leading to a 404 error. I think the correct link is www.qtpyvcp.com/