Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
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Re: Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
Thanks. I have updated my records so it will be included in the next release.
Re: Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
Thanks Les. I'll let you know here if there is any changes.Les Newell wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 10:29 am Thanks. I have updated my records so it will be included in the next release.
I've finally got QTPlasmac onto my production machine so trying to get everything working!
Re: Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
Why is there only a 64-bit version on the download official page - 7.1.20-1-amd64 ? I need the last update 32-bit version in branch 7.1. This will eventually run on Debian 7 Wheezy with LinuxCNC 2.6.12.
Re: Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
There is a 32 bit version earlier in this thread.
Linuxcnc V2.6 is so old now, an upgrade to 64 bit hardware is almost mandatory and Wheezy is way past end of life.
Linuxcnc V2.6 is so old now, an upgrade to 64 bit hardware is almost mandatory and Wheezy is way past end of life.
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That's the problem. It's getting harder to support 32 bit Wheezy and there are not many users still on 32 bit.
Re: Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
Thanks for supporting linux. I tried the .deb on the Downloads page SheetCamTNG_7.1.20-1_amd64.deb and had no luck with Ubuntu 16.04 due to lack of libreadline7. Then I upgraded to 20.04 and it has readline8 but not 7, so it fails too. But looks like Ubuntu 18.04 would have worked.
Also tried SheetCam_setupV7.1.16-64.bin, and it likewise fails due to lack of readline7 on Ubuntu 20.04.
Edit: I manually downloaded and installed the 18.04 package on my 20.04 machine (which is a dicey thing that I don't recommend) :
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libreadline7
Then the .bin version worked for me. The .deb then was willing to install. Running failed with:
$ SheetCamTNG-dev
SheetCamTNG-dev: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk3u-3.1.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
And I was able to work around that with:
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/SheetCamTNG-dev SheetCamTNG-dev
Also tried SheetCam_setupV7.1.16-64.bin, and it likewise fails due to lack of readline7 on Ubuntu 20.04.
Edit: I manually downloaded and installed the 18.04 package on my 20.04 machine (which is a dicey thing that I don't recommend) :
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libreadline7
Then the .bin version worked for me. The .deb then was willing to install. Running failed with:
$ SheetCamTNG-dev
SheetCamTNG-dev: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk3u-3.1.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
And I was able to work around that with:
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/SheetCamTNG-dev SheetCamTNG-dev
Last edited by lunkwill on Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:17 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
Also, looks like the .deb is reporting its version as 1.0, which is maybe why people are getting prompted to "upgrade" to version 6.
$ apt-cache show sheetcamtng
Package: sheetcamtng
Status: install ok unpacked
Maintainer: Les Newell <les@sheetcam.com>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0
Depends: libreadline7, libncurses5, libtinfo5, libpng16-16
Description: SheetCam TNG CAM package
Description-md5: 1aabfb050ac8b2d53ac0f87f39479be3
$ apt-cache show sheetcamtng
Package: sheetcamtng
Status: install ok unpacked
Maintainer: Les Newell <les@sheetcam.com>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0
Depends: libreadline7, libncurses5, libtinfo5, libpng16-16
Description: SheetCam TNG CAM package
Description-md5: 1aabfb050ac8b2d53ac0f87f39479be3
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Re: Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
Supporting Linux is a nightmare - the libraries change on every release.
If you want to run SheetCam from the command line you need to run /usr/bin/SheetCamTNG-dev-run, not /usr/bin/SheetCamTNG-dev.
I wasn't aware of people getting prompted to upgrade to V6.x. I can't replicate that one here.
If you want to run SheetCam from the command line you need to run /usr/bin/SheetCamTNG-dev-run, not /usr/bin/SheetCamTNG-dev.
I wasn't aware of people getting prompted to upgrade to V6.x. I can't replicate that one here.
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Re: Testing release of SheetCam for Linux
Les your efforts for us Linux users are very much appreciated
just installed the latest release yesterday on a clean Debian Buster linuxcnc 2.8.2 iso install and it works a charm. (I was running mx21)
I too had the downgrade request in the past, and I also had icons not showing correctly but it all looks good
just installed the latest release yesterday on a clean Debian Buster linuxcnc 2.8.2 iso install and it works a charm. (I was running mx21)
I too had the downgrade request in the past, and I also had icons not showing correctly but it all looks good