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deathrayoflove
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Pronterface on Linux?

Hi guys,

according to this article, the Pronterface software is part of Prusa software package. I am an Arch Linux user and used the one from the official repositories as well as the appimage from downloaded directly from the Prusa website. Both of them don't seem to contain Pronterface. Did I do something wrong? Or is the article out of date? Or is this a windows-only thing?

I also had a look on the non-Prusa version of Pronterface from the AUR, but that piece of software seems to be an outdated mess. So it would be great, if someone can help me.

Thanks!

Posted : 17/03/2021 6:24 pm
deathrayoflove
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Topic starter answered:
RE: Pronterface on Linux?

My bad. If I use the git version, everything is fine.

Posted : 19/03/2021 5:22 pm
Cyprien Rennes
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RE: Pronterface on Linux?

I meet the same problem... Could you tell me more about the package you used ?

Thanks

Posted : 01/04/2021 3:17 pm
deathrayoflove
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Topic starter answered:
RE: Pronterface on Linux?

@cyprien-rennes

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/printrun-git/

Posted : 01/04/2021 3:24 pm
bobstro
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RE: Pronterface on Linux?

Look to see if the printrun package is available in your repositories. I'm on debian and it is available for install from the main package repository:

% apt show printrun Package: printrun
Version: 1.6.0-2 Priority: optional Section: misc Maintainer: Debian 3D-Printer Packaging Team <[email protected]> Installed-Size: 1,136 kB
Depends: python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.7), python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7~), libc6 (>= 2.4), python-serial, python-pyglet, python-wxgtk3.0, python-dbus, python-psutil, python-numpy, python-libxml2, python-gi, python-cairosvg Suggests: slic3r
Homepage: http://www.pronterface.com Download-Size: 279 kB
APT-Sources: http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/main armhf Packages Description: 3D printing host suite
Printrun is a full suite of host interfaces for 3D printers and CNC, consisting of:
* printcore, a standalone non-interactive G-Code sender * pronsole, an interactive command-line host
* pronterface, a graphical host software with the same functionality as pronsole
. Together with Slic3r they form a powerful 3d printing toolchain.

 

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Posted : 01/04/2021 3:36 pm
bobstro
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RE: Pronterface on Linux?

Is this what you guys need for Arch? Looks like it's still based on Python 2, but saw updates in 2019:

Package Details: printrun 1:1.6.0-3

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/printrun.git  (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: printrun
Description: Pronterface, Pronsole, and Printcore - Pure Python 3D printing host software and GUI
Upstream URL: https://github.com/kliment/Printrun
Licenses: GPL
Conflicts: printrun-git
Provides: printrun-git
Submitter: ejona86
Maintainer: ejona86
Last Packager: ejona86
Votes: 19
Popularity: 0.000004
First Submitted: 2013-06-07 03:27
Last Updated: 2019-01-07 15:24
My notes and disclaimers on 3D printing

and miscellaneous other tech projects
He is intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern indicates two dimensional thinking. -- Spock in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

Posted : 01/04/2021 5:03 pm
Cyprien Rennes
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RE: Pronterface on Linux?

Thank you !

So i need to install pronterface (printrun) separatly from PrusaSlicer ? I was thinking it was included in the PrusaSlicer package.

Anyway, how do you use it ? You generate Gcode from PrusaSlicer and open it in pronterface or you can launch pronterface directly from PrusaSlicer ?

Posted : 02/04/2021 7:39 am
bobstro
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RE: Pronterface on Linux?

The only thing I used pronterface for was the terminal interface to the printer and firmware upgrades. I can do both with OctoPrint now much more easily.

My notes and disclaimers on 3D printing

and miscellaneous other tech projects
He is intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern indicates two dimensional thinking. -- Spock in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

Posted : 02/04/2021 2:19 pm
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