How To Install linuxcnc-uspace on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxcnc-uspace on Debian 12.
What is linuxcnc-uspace
linuxcnc-uspace is:
LinuxCNC is a fully-realised CNC machine controller that can interpret machine-control programs (such as G-code), plan trajectories and finally output low-level signals to machine control hardware
LinuxCNC is modular and in principle the HAL (hardware abstraction layer), pluggable interpreters and variety of hardware drivers mean that it can control almost any software-defined physical system.
LinuxCNC relies on a realtime kernel to support real-time motion control, typically updating the position waypoints every 1mS and reacting to input within tens of microseconds.
Modules exist to use the low-level parts of LinuxCNC as a motion-control client for OpenPnP. Interfaces exist for ROS (the Robot Operating System) with which LinuxCNC has considerable overlap.
LinuxCNC supports arbitrary kinematics (the mapping between coordinate space and actuator space) and can control both parallel (eg Stewart platform) and serial (eg robot arm) systems in addition to conventional cartesian machine tools.
LinuxCNC supports 9 cartesian axes and 16 “Joints” (individual actuators) though the joint limit is build-time configurable.
A variety of interface hardware is supported including Modbus, EtherCAT, analogue +/-10V velocity control and Step/Dir. Step/Dir is supported by several hardware interfaces, including, but not limited to, the legacy Parallel Port.
A Hardware Abstraction Layer allows for great flexibility in signal mapping between the controller and the driver hardware. An extensive library of modules allow for complex signal processing within the HAL layer. For specialised tasks custom HAL components can be created using a C-like syntax and installed with the supplied tools.
By default LinuxCNC supports RS274 G-code but is extendable to parse other grammars such as STEP-NC or Gerber through support for pluggable interpreters.
If you want a computer to control things in the real world then LinuxCNC can do it. It is especially applicable to systems that are required to follow accurate paths described in cartesian space but has been used for numerous other applications.
This package provides the main package for LinuxCNC.
There are three methods to install linuxcnc-uspace on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install linuxcnc-uspace Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linuxcnc-uspace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linuxcnc-uspace
Install linuxcnc-uspace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linuxcnc-uspace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linuxcnc-uspace
Install linuxcnc-uspace Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install linuxcnc-uspace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linuxcnc-uspace
How To Uninstall linuxcnc-uspace on Debian 12
To uninstall only the linuxcnc-uspace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linuxcnc-uspace
Uninstall linuxcnc-uspace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linuxcnc-uspace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linuxcnc-uspace
Remove linuxcnc-uspace Configurations and Data
To remove linuxcnc-uspace configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linuxcnc-uspace
Remove linuxcnc-uspace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linuxcnc-uspace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linuxcnc-uspace
Dependencies
linuxcnc-uspace have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxcnc-uspace package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
