Using Axis as "stand alone" viewer ?

John, taking the bull by the horns, I went to your second choice, as reading as much as I could cope with, I thought that as is was referring to 10.04, it might shorten the odds a bit.
Downloaded the file, dragged it onto the desktop and double clicked produced a window with the following in -

#!/bin/sh

gksudo -m "Enter your password to install EMC2" true
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 8F374FEF
gpg -a --export 8F374FEF | sudo apt-key add -

sudo sh -c 'cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxcnc.list' <<EOF
deb www.linuxcnc.org/emc2 lucid base emc2.4-sim
deb-src www.linuxcnc.org/emc2 lucid base emc2.4-sim
EOF

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -o Apt::Install-Recommends=true install emc2-sim

Colour scheme is missing here, but as I can only guess what to do next, I though asking for more advice would be sensible.
My guess is to copy it into a terminal window, filling in my password as requested, but please advise.
John

Thanks for the final step, John.
I now have EMC2.4.6 running on my house system, so I can code in the luxury of being 6 feet from an open fire,
and with a range of comestibles to hand.
There's a gale force wind outside blasting flurries of snow down the garden, and I'm a happy man.

John

BigJohnT wrote:

Hi John,
... and wood heat as a supplement.

John

The mistakes ? KIdding.
J.