(superseeded) Linuxcnc on Linux Mint 19.3 quick and easy installation

i am getting a error here is a copy of what it was giving me

PNCconf encountered an error. The following information may be useful in troubleshooting:

LinuxCNC Version: UNAVAILABLE

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pncconf/pages.py", line 1402, in on_update_tune_params
self.t.update_tune_test_params()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pncconf/tests.py", line 864, in update_tune_test_params
halrun.flush()
IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

i am trying to figure out how to get my motors to move i can pung the mesa 7i96 but no movement any one have step by step for the mesa ether board all i am finding on youtube is parallel board

Can you please set pncconfig without tuning, save it and see if ti works.
All the tuning you can do at any time later.

okay i have communication with my board and i can ping it. now i have a light squeal coming from my motors i open linuxcnc and the sound gets quieter can tell it to cut the sample file of linuxcnc and it shows on the screen the motors moving and no errors but the motors do not move any ideas?

Nate wrote: okay i have communication with my board and i can ping it. now i have a light squeal coming from my motors i open linuxcnc and the sound gets quieter can tell it to cut the sample file of linuxcnc and it shows on the screen the motors moving and no errors but the motors do not move any ideas?

Start a new topic, and give us more details.

Added a much easier way of installing it to the original post, it now uses RT 5.4 kernel from Debian repos.
Also included is the script to automate everything.

What's the latency like with the 5.4 Kernel ?

Do the headers install ok ? I've seen issues when installing headers from Debian on Ubuntu systems due to mismatching of gcc and various other utilities.