Installing QtVCP

python2 pyqt is not available on mint 20.
python3 only

I can see
python-pyqt5.qwt-doc - "technical widget library, documentation and examples"
Should I install that?

Not much point, did you see the post from Chris.

I guess if you want 2.8 with Mint then you need Mint19.

Yes I did. It's a bit of a Catch-22 - I had no idea what to conclude from the comment as I'm "far from expert" in the matter but I'm guessing I can forget Qtvcp, now that I have Mint 20 installed.

I've reverted to Axis lathe now and will see how I get on with that. I got Probe Basic Lathe working but it wouldn't accept Andy Pugh's macros and has some bugs with no clear date for an update.

I'm figuring out the lie of the land gradually but it seems several of the GUIs have become challenging to get running on the current versions of Linux and LinuxCNC, even for expert users. Something to do with Python.

I've got Axis lathe running with Andy's macros installed but the graphics need to be fixed now (the svg doesn't show, just the dimension boxes). I'll have to go back now and see what if anything can be done to fix that. It came up in the macros thread but I've forgotten what if anything can be done on that front.....

print("Hello World")
initial data: LinuxCNC 2.8 out of the box
uname -a: "4.19.0-14-rt-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux"
i do: 
sudo apt-get install qttools5-dev-tools
sudo apt-get install qttools5.dev

after which I run the script: " raw.githubusercontent.com/LinuxCNC/linux...igner/install_script "
to the question: "Do you wish to install Qt Designer for creating or modifying GUI files"
I answer: "3 = Yes, for a package installation"
I get a response in the terminal:
"libpyqt5_py2.so.tar.gz not found in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qtvcp/designer/x86_64/qt5.11/
-e
cannot continue designer installation"

what could be the problem? where to get the qt5.11 folder?
the fact is that this algorithm used to work, I even recommended this script to others, but after a clean installation it gives this error.
I will be grateful for any useful information.

 

daiman444 wrote:

what could be the problem? where to get the qt5.11 folder?
 

this folder can be downloaded from sources:  github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/tree/2.8/li...tvcp/designer/x86_64
and with sudo rights insert: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qtvcp/designer/x86_64/
and run the qt install script.
after installation create a folder: ~/.designer/plugins/python/
and copy the file there: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qtvcp/plugins/qtvcp_plugin.py
after these actions everything worked