Complete HOW-TO Linux Mint 18.1 32/64 RTAI or PREEMPT with RIP install or deb

Great tutorial, which saved me a huge amount of time and trouble!

I successfully managed to follow post#2 method and now have a running 2.7.8 version on 32Bit Mint. Apart from a little worse latency than Ubuntu 10.04 it all works fine. Bit of an old clunker of a PC so I'll put up with it.

I do have one question, how do I update to 2.7.9 without pulling that branch and recompiling from source?

I tried added "deb linuxcnc.org precise base 2.7-rtai" to the source list, and I can see that the docs are able to be updated to 2.7.9, but not the program itself.

If I go to Software Manger in Mint I can see LinuxCNC (not installed) and Linuxcnc-uspace (which is installed) so I suspect this is why an update is not being reported.

Maybe another thread on "how to keep it updated" ?

Thanks,

Keith

Hi
That is really great, what you have made here. Without this documentation I would not be able to run my MESA 7I76E card in Linux Mint! Thank you very much!
Daniel

Keith,

I have not tried to update one of my built debs to a buildbot version.

I just recompile every now and again. I actually use the master branch religiously. It's quite stable. If you get that working I could add it to the topic.

Daniel,

Glad you found this useful. Glad I could help.

All,

I'm still around. Still very busy as I have recently moved and dealing with a remodel.

Take care,

James

Hello
I just got a problem. I made the Post 2 till the end. But I cannot find - as you write at the end of Post 2 "Note: After...." anywhere in Main Menu an listing of CNC. Have you an idea, what I could do - maybe what I made wrong?
Thanks a lot and kind regards
Daniel

Daniel,
You installed the linuxcnc-uspace_2.8.0....deb, right?
Read the blue text note at the end of post 2.

Hi
I have followed step by step post 2 with "Downloading and Configuring LinuxCNC" and I have seen the note at the end of post 2. But nowhere a listing of CNC. Maybe someone else encountered the same problem?
Daniel