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Use Debian Wheezy instead




Unless you have a good reason to choose Ubuntu, consider Debian Wheezy instead. There is a live+install image customized with RTAI and LinuxCNC 2.6; announcement here:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/52401

To run LinuxCNC on Ubuntu Precise 12.04 with RTAI




# Install Ubuntu Precise 12.04 x86 (32-bit). Any flavor should work (regular Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, etc). 64-bit (AMD64) is currently not supported. You can download the installer here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/
# Run sudo apt-get update followed by sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to bring the machine up to date with the latest packages in Ubuntu Precise.
# Create a file called /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxcnc.list, containing the line: deb http://linuxcnc.org precise base
# Add the LinuxCNC Archive Signing Key to your apt keyring by running sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 8f374fef
# Run sudo apt-get update again to fetch the package list from linuxcnc.org.
# Install the RTAI kernel and modules by running: sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.4-9-rtai-686-pae rtai-modules-3.4-9-rtai-686-pae
# If you want to be able to build LinuxCNC from source using the git repo, also run sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.4-9-rtai-686-pae
# Reboot, and make sure you boot into the rtai kernel. When you log in, verify that uname -r says 3.4-9-rtai-686-pae
# Create a file called /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxcnc-buildbot.list, containing one of these lines (depending on which version of linuxcnc you want):
##deb http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org precise 2.6-rt
##deb http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org precise master-rt
##deb http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org precise v2.5_branch-rt
# Run sudo apt-get update again to fetch the package list from the buildbot. This will complain as the buildbot does not sign its package archive. I know, I know, it's on my todo-list....
# Run sudo apt-get install linuxcnc
# Machine away!


We're interested in feedback on this new, experimental RTAI kernel. Let us know on the emc-users or emc-developers mailing lists if it works, or if it doesn't.
These instructions have moved to the UpdatingTo2.6 page.

These instructions have moved to the UpdatingTo2.6 page.

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