I am not sure when it will be released, it can't be too far away. You should be good to go using the 2.7-rtpreempt changed to 2.8-rtpreempt.
You could also download the the latest package from http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/dists/stretch/2.8-rtpreempt/ <http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/dists/stretch/2.8-rtpreempt/> and install it directly. > On 30 Dec 2019, at 1:17 pm, Dave Matthews <n36...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll give it a try in the morning. That page could use a bit of updating. > I found a few other options to try also. Any idea when 2.8 will be the > default install? It looks like it has been stable for quite a while. > > Dave > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 21:11 Phillip Carter <phillcarte...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think it may be sudo apt-get install linuxcnc-uspace >> >>> On 30 Dec 2019, at 12:53 pm, Dave Matthews <n36...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 12:11 AM Phillip Carter <phillcarte...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I installed the dependency fail for the sudo apt-key adv --keyserver >>>>> hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-key EF1B07FEE0EE663E step. When I try to >>>>> install the key I get: >>>>> Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.RJo9NWtHgB/gpg.1.sh --keyserver >>>>> hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-key EF1B07FEE0EE663 >>>>> gpg: "EF1B07FEE0EE663" not a key ID: skipping >>>>> >>>> you are missing the "E" at the end >>> Added the E and reran the command. It worked. I think I got it to >>> work before that but blew it on the retry of the command. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> and there is no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxcnc-buildbot.list created. >>>>> >>>>> I created the file and added the 2.7 entries and edited them to 2.8. >>>>> That got me an install of the 2.8 docs but nothing else. >>>>> >>>>> I don't remember what incantations I did to install 2.8 on the old >>>>> machine. I think it was just pointing at repositories and using >>>>> apt-get. >>>>> >>>> if you created /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxcnc-buildbot.list then >> check your /etc/apt/sources.list file and comment out any lines that >> reference linuxcnc >>> >>> No references in /etc/apt/sources.list. I tried commenting them out >>> in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxcnc-list but no change. >>> >>> I tried using the 2.7 entries replacing the 7 with 8 and also tried >>> pointing to Master with no luck. >>> deb http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ stretch master-rtpreempt >>> deb-src http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ stretch master-rtpreempt >>> >>> cncuser@localhost:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ cat linuxcnc.list >>> deb http://linuxcnc.org/ stretch base >>> #deb-src http://linuxcnc.org/ stretch base >>> deb http://linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-uspace >>> #deb-src http://linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-uspace >>> #deb http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-rtpreempt >>> #deb-src http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-rtpreempt >>> >>> cncuser@localhost:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ cat linuxcnc.list >>> deb http://linuxcnc.org/ stretch base >>> #deb-src http://linuxcnc.org/ stretch base >>> deb http://linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-uspace >>> #deb-src http://linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-uspace >>> #deb http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-rtpreempt >>> #deb-src http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ stretch 2.7-rtpreempt >>> >>> cncuser@localhost:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo apt-get update >>> Ign:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease >>> Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates >> InRelease >>> Ign:3 http://linuxcnc.org stretch InRelease >>> Ign:4 http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org stretch InRelease >>> Hit:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch Release >>> Hit:7 http://linuxcnc.org stretch Release >>> Hit:8 http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org stretch Release >>> Reading package lists... Done >>> cncuser@localhost:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo apt-get install linuxcnc >>> Reading package lists... Done >>> Building dependency tree >>> Reading state information... Done >>> Package linuxcnc is not available, but is referred to by another package. >>> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or >>> is only available from another source >>> >>> E: Package 'linuxcnc' has no installation candidate >>> >>> >>> Anyplace I can just grab an iso and install it or the correct entries >>> for /etc/apt/sources.list. or do I need to grab the sources and >>> build? The buildbot page instructions are way out of date. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users