UpdatingTo2.1 - rmu75/linuxcnc-wiki GitHub Wiki

date: '2012-07-07T22:05:53' title: UpdatingTo2.1

EMC 2.1 is now an outdated release which no longer receives bugfixes. You should consider UpdatingTo2.2 instead. If you really wish to upgrade a system running EMC 2.0.x to EMC 2.1.x, then continue reading.

Because (minor) changes to configuration files are needed, your 2.0 install will not automatically be updated to 2.1. If you want to run 2.1, you will have to change to the EMC 2.1 repository by following these instructions:

run <HTML>System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager</HTML>

go to <HTML>Settings/Repositories</HTML>

In the list of Channels ["Software Sources" in breezy] are two lines for linuxcnc.org. (If there are no entries for linuxcnc.org see Repository_Updating)

For each of them:

Select the line and click Edit
on the Components ["Sections" in breezy] line, change emc2 to emc2.1
Click OK

Close the "Software Preferences" window

Click "Reload" as instructed

Click "Mark All Upgrades"

Click "Apply"

Once you have done the upgrade, you will need to update any custom configurations by following these instructions: UPDATING(http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UPDATING#Changes_between_2_0_x_and_2_1_x)

[Git users can get this release by checking out the RELEASE_2_1_7 tag]