Andy, Evidently because I had installed linuxcnc2.9 from Debian, it wouldn’t allow it to be replaced with “an earlier version” linuxcnc2.9.0-pre1. I had to remove linuxcnc2.9-uspace and linuxcnc2.9-uspace-dev, before it would allow me to install the newer built from scratch.
Alan Sent from my iPad > On Jul 28, 2023, at 9:46 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 at 15:26, condit.alan--- via Emc-users > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> I built linuxcnc 2.9 from scratch on my RPi4-8GB (Debian 12.1) When I tried >> to install it, it reported that the new install would break the install of >> Linuxcnc 2.9. Do I have to uninstall 2.9 before I can install the 2.9pre >> from source? > > If you are installing, then presumably you have created a .deb archive? > > So, yes, if you install your new .deb you will completely overwrite > the existing installation (but _not_ the data or config files) > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
