NativeCAM is Features renamed

So being a glutton for punishment I put an install on my laptop which doesn't have parport but will do a demo for me.
I cloned the git and from that directory issued the "sudo ./nondeb_setup.py" command.
I still got an error message and lost hope for a brief moment.

cncuser@debian:~/.git/NativeCAM$ sudo ./nondeb_setup.py
[sudo] password for cncuser:
wait, processing...
"from ncam import NCam" already exists in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gladevcp/hal_pythonplugin.py

created link to ncam.py in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gladevcp

created link to pref_edit.py in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gladevcp

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./nondeb_setup.py", line 96, in <module>
os.symlink(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/nativecam.mo'), fr_mo)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists
cncuser@debian:~/.git/NativeCAM$

I then went to my cnc menu only to be surprised that I actually had the nativecam index there in front f my own eyes, "wonders will never cease".


Gingerly I ventured to click on the mill and couldn't believe mu very own when it burst into a full fledged screen of ncam.ngc
What now I ask myself???????



Will I be disappointed when I try this again on the real PC with working parport, I have to remind myself this is but a demo I am miraculously seeing here.

Clicked on ncam.py used in stand alone and lost the complete setup, back to square one with it.

grump wrote: Clicked on ncam.py used in stand alone and lost the complete setup, back to square one with it.

What did you do exactly ?

Fern

I wish I knew then I would undo it?
I now have 3 folders, ncam. ncam.old and ncam.old.old

grump wrote: I now have 3 folders, ncam. ncam.old and ncam.old.old

I never wrote anything to create or rename files or directories with 'old' extension
Would you post a listing of what is in them ?

FernV

That sounds like the update script 2.8 pre uses to update the older ini. For joint axis branch. Andy wrote it.

Creates an old folder for backup purposes.