dc_ubuntu help

Run the follwoing commands one at a time.




sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo reboot

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install synaptic && sudo update-apt-xapian-index

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list




A window will open, change

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner



To this:



## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner


save and close gedit.  Next run these in terminal one at a time:




sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get purge openjdk*

sudo apt-get install gedit-developer-plugins gedit-latex-plugin gedit-plugins non-free-codecs w64codecs build-essential gnome-panel oracle-java7-installer ubuntu-restricted-addons ubuntu-restricted-extras screen nmap freecad freecad-dev freecad-doc meshlab blender wings3d gimp-data gimp-data-extras inkscape git acroread smplayer libdvdcss2 gdebi xchat xchat-common pidgin pidgin-plugin-pack pidgin-otr pidgin-facebookchat pidgin-extprefs irssi pidgin-libnotify irssi-scripts ca-certificates libcrypt-blowfish-perl libcrypt-dh-perl libcrypt-openssl-bignum-perl libmath-bigint-gmp-perl flashplugin-installer arduino arduino-core arduino-mk flashrom

###################End of Basic Install ####################



######## Switch from dash to bash

sudo dpkg-reconfigure bash



######## Get the megapack
cd && mkdir Megapack && cd Megapack && git clone git://github.com/maduce/defcad-repo.git



######## To update the megapack when we update it with new CAD files:

cd && cd Megapack && git pull



############ Now printer software

sudo apt-get install python-serial python-wxgtk2.8 python-pyglet python-tk build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libwx-perl libmodule-build-perl libnet-dbus-perl skeinforge sfact

sudo apt-get install cpanminus

cd && mkdir RepRap && cd RepRap/ && git clone https://github.com/kliment/Printrun.git

cd Printrun/ && git clone http://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r.git && cd Slic3r/

sudo cpanm Boost::Geometry::Utils Math::Clipper Math::ConvexHull Math::ConvexHull::MonotoneChain Math::Geometry::Voronoi Math::PlanePath Moo Wx



####### To test Slic3r and Printrun (assuming you just opened the terminal) run:

~/Reprap/Printrun/Slic3r/slic3r.pl



####### or open terminal and type:

cd Reprap/Printrun/Slic3r/
./slic3r.pl



####### See that Slic3r opens and just close it. Now start Printrun (in terminal):

~/Reprap/Printrun/pronterface.py



####### or open terminal and type:

cd Reprap/Printrun/

python pronterface.py



####### This should open a window.  Close when you are done looking at it.



###### Install RepetierHost

###### download Repetier-Host Linux 0.85c (to ~/Reprap folder, Reprap in your home folder) from http://www.repetier.com/download/

##### Now lets install Repetier

cd ~/Reprap/

tar zxzf repetierHostLinux.tgz

cd RepetierHost/

sh configureFirst.sh

##### If it asks for password give it, say yes to dependencies etc. To start RepetierHost open terminal and type:

repetierHost