Problem installing SheetCam on Raspberry PI4 (Buster OS)

[nionut]

Hello
I'm trying to install SheetCam 32 or 64 bit linux version as described on download page.
The OS' is Debian 10 Buster 64bit running on Raspberry PI4
First I tried to check permissions tab and make sure 'execute' is turned on and then I double click on and nothing happens.
Second attempt was to unzip and execute run-sheetcam from data folder and nothing happens.
Is this a issue with the combination of Raspberry PI4 and 64 bit arm architecture?

[Les Newell]

The Linux version only runs on X86 architecture. It won't run on Arm.

[nionut]

The Linux version only runs on X86 architecture. It won't run on Arm.

Any chance in the future to have a SheetCam arm32 or arm64 application?

[marsheng]

Bugger, just read this post. I saw some time back that there was a Linuix version so I pressed on, bought a PI , got it all running over a few days and tried to run Sheetcam only to find out it doesn't work.

Any advance on a ARM version ?

PS I got a PI4 with 8GB, a 460 GB SSD USB drive and used Raspberry PI Desktop 64 bit image on it. The system flies. Very impressed.

I've got a new Machining center and wanted to add a PC to the machine for G-Coding. I was hoping to use the PI and then I would have replaced my 2 other ageing XP machines on my other 2 CNC machines with this upgrade.

But alas not sure where to go from here.

Cheers Wallace

[Les Newell]

I'm sorry but it is unlikely that I will be making a Pi version. Creating a Linux release is a significant amount of work and there are very few Pi users who would use it. Combine that with the fact that the Linux releases generally require quite a bit more support and it simply is not worth my while.

[robertspark]

what does sheetcam require from x86 architecture that it does not like about arm?

I ask this dopy question as I've got sheetcam (windows) to run on playonlinux .....

I've also been running sheetcam Linux on Debian bullseye and buster.

is it not just a case of missing dependencies on RPI that you need to add to get it to work.

what os have you installed on RPI and what version?

[Les Newell]

Arm and x86 are not binary compatible. It's not a case of a few missing dependencies, everything needs to be recompiled to run on Arm.
When you say you have the Windows version running on PlayOnLinux I assume that is on an x86 machine. I believe a few people have managed to get Wine/PlayOnLinux to run on a Pi by basically running it inside an x86 emulator. Emulation is very slow so the performace would be horrible.