Debian Installation

The installation of the base LinuxCNC System is pretty forward. Just download the pre-packaged Debian ISO from linuxcnc.org, write the iso to an installation medium and boot from it. To create the bootable device (usually a USB stick) I'd recommend the great tool UNetbootin (works for Linux, MacOs and also Windows).

The following screenshots are taken from the installation on a virtual machine.

• As said before, it's really straight forward: In the boot menu, choose "Install (Graphical)"

• The installer loads the required files from the installation medium

• Then choose your appropriate country and language settings

• ... installer loads again some files ...

• Enter the hostname for this machine

• Enter your domain name if any (no problem if it's empty)

• Enter your name (it's the full name not the username)

• Enter your desired username and password

• Partition disks. I've choosen use entire disk as I only have a single virtual disk. If you have more disks, be careful what you do here!

• You're almost done! The system now gets installed this may take a while.

• After the installation completes, reboot the PC and remove the installation media. The next time the boot menu should look like:

• As soon as the login screen shows up, enter your credentials and login

• This dialog shows just after the first login. It's handy to select Use default config, then the default desktop menu bars are created.

... and we're done!

Update

Right after the installation you should check if there are any updates available and install them. Open a terminal and run:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

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