It is NOT "Raspberry Pi software" if it is on an Intel CPU. Yes, Linux runs on many kinds of hardware. The same software can not run o both Intel and ARM. It is one or the other.
On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 4:02 PM John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 1:00 PM John Dammeyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I thought I would try this with no expectations that it would actually > > > work. I have an apple MacBook Pro from around 2011 installed with the > > > Raspberry Pi version of Linux. > > > > > > > That has no chance of working, the old Mac has an Intel i5 CPU and the > > Raspberry Pi is an ARM-based computer. > > > > Chris Albertson > > Redondo Beach, California > > Hi Chris, > Not sure where you are coming from on that. With the exception of access > to RPi hardware the look and feel of the user interface is a Pi. In fact > even the Sense Hat Emulator software is available for users to develop > sense hat code in python on the laptop and then later download it to the > embedded pi with sense hat. > > I've already downloaded the Lazarus Free Pascal for it. > To me it looks like a Pi. Just can't access Pi hardware of course. > > As the attached screen shot shows, it's unlikely you'd know whether this > was the Pi or the MacBook. (answer: it's the Macbook). > > And as my previous posting shows, it's running a fairly current version of > Linux. > > Since on my RPi4 LinuxCNC just shows up as a desktop ICON and a list of > programs on the drop down menu to install etc. I was wondering how to get > LinuxCNC onto an 'existing Linux system'. > > As Andy says it won't be the 2.9 package since this isn't bookworm. But > is it possible to install LinuxCNC onto an existing linux system? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
