Installing - stodev-com-br/Universal-G-Code-Sender GitHub Wiki

Generally all you need is to install Java 8 or later, then download the binary distribution of Universal Gcode Sender from here. For specific instructions for different operating systems see below.

MacOSX

• Download and install Java from here:
• Download UGS (either classic or platform edition) from the download link: https://github.com/winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender#downloads
• Unpack the Universal Gcode Sender package and run the start script

Classic version:

unzip -o UniversalGcodeSender.zip -d ugs
chmod +x ugs/start.sh
./ugs/start.sh

Platform version:

unzip -o ugs-platform-app-2.0-SNAPSHOT.zip
./ugsplatform/bin/ugsplatform

Linux

Make sure your system is up to date:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Then we need to install Java, run these commands from the terminal:

apt-get update
apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

Make sure your system is using the correct JDK:

java -version

java version "1.8.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_65-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.65-b01, mixed mode)

Download UGS (either classic or platform edition) from the download link: https://github.com/winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender#downloads

Classic version:

unzip -o UniversalGcodeSender.zip -d ugs
chmod +x ugs/start.sh
./ugs/start.sh

Platform version:

unzip -o ugsplatform.zip
./ugsplatform/bin/ugsplatform

Raspberry PI (with raspbian)

Refer to this page: Raspberry Pi

Windows

Download and install Java from https://java.com/en/download/

Download UGS (either Windows or "All platforms" edition, requires Java JRE) from the download link: https://github.com/winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender#downloads

Unpack the Universal Gcode Sender package and run the start one of the following scripts:

ugsplatform/bin/ugsplatform.exe ugsplatform/bin/ugsplatform64.exe