Installing LinuxCNC 2.9 or Master on Linux Mint 21

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tommylight wrote:

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Just as a little experiment I removed the configure check for pango on a recent rip install, which is where the build always failed for me when using Mint21 (Python 3.10.6). LinuxCNC then built just fine. Starting configs then give errors about missing opengl and missing qt packages that could easily be installed from the mint repo and I got an apparently working RIP install on Mint21 using Python 3.10.6.
If anybody knows why Python version 3.11 and above is stated as a requirement then please leave a comment.
Thanks

Compiling and building debs almost always worked for Mint, it just takes a bit of time.
Granted, the docs gave issues for as far as i can recall back, then again i rarely build debs.
I always aim to find the simplest way to install, so new users do not have to go through a bunch of hoops and get lost in the way.
As for Python, i really liked it ... i said liked, past tense. Now it has become a headache of huge proportions.
Now with Debian it is very easy, a single line and it is up and running.
Again, granted you do not bump into Debian messes, they also tend to do a lot of those, like, yesterday i downloaded the Hybrid ISO with Mate desktop, installed, installing LinuxCNC fails while building the kernel, but LinuxCNC installs and runs OK, without the RT kernel as it insists on having some raspi (raspberry PI) stuff despite being a 64bit AMD version. Had to delete 3 files for rpi stuff, on a 64bit AMD version!!!
After removing those files, everything works perfectly well.
Just to be clear, that is a Debian Mate issue, XFCE version does not seem to have it, and i have not tested other flavors/versions.

Thanks tommy, I know I might have come across as somehow having an issue with using debian bookworm, I don't and I am not suggesting that new users should go back to mint.
I'm just trying to figure out if I can keep running my machines on mint because it has always been good to me and I like it and because running bookworm is giving me issues on the installed hardware.
The only issue with mint for me was the python >.11 hurdle and that may have turned out to not be a hard requirement after all the headache trying to get it.
So I was wondering if there was an actual reason why 3.10.6 would not be working because it seems to be working perfectly on my mill now.

No worries, i am still running Mint on all but one of my machines.
Now, since it is officially on Debian, i am slowly switching to it, just need to make a script to install all the stuff i need in one go, and more importantly to remove some stuff before going online, i hate geoclue, it is a location service running on Mint and Debian.
Hexchat, Rhythmbox, flatpak, tomboy notes, libreoffice, orca screen reader, etc have to go, i never use them and they take quite some time to update, when i occasionaly do update.
I always install FreeCad as i got pretty good at it, Blender (still trying to learn it), Inkscape is a must for plasma, and some other stuff that i also rarely use but i like having them.