Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition  

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Hi Gabriele,
Thank you so much for your ppa!!
I am not very familiar with Ubuntu Linux yet.
I have been unsuccessfully trying to install Slic3r.
Now I have added your ppa but when I try to run slicer I get the 1.2.9 version not the Slic3r 1.31.6 - Prusa Edition.
What should I write in the terminal to open the prusa edition?
Thks for your help and your efforts

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

First of all, just to make sure, which version of Ubuntu are you using? If you're not sure, cat /etc/os-release in a Terminal is a quick way to find out. You should be seeing:


$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="16.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
VERSION_CODENAME=xenial
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial


Assuming that's correct, I suspect that your problem is that the Prusa version of Slic3r is called "slic3r-prusa", while the "normal" Slic3r that comes with Ubuntu is called "slic3r". Note that you can have both installed at the same time, however, I would recommend removing "slic3r" to avoid confusion.

To install "slic3r-prusa", use:


$ sudo apt install slic3r-prusa
...


If all goes well you will now have two icons for Slic3r, the yellow one is the "normal" version, the black and orange one is the Prusa version.

If the above failed, make sure you have added the PPA to your list of software sources:


$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:santilli-gabriele/slic3r-prusa
...
$ sudo apt-get update
...


Let me know if this helps.

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

You made my day Gabriele!!!! 😀

You were absolutely right!!!.
I had installed the "regular" ubuntu slic3r 😳 .
I followed your cristal clear instructions and now I am able to run slic3r prusa edition in my Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS.

I will try now to safely remove the "regular" ubuntu slic3r to avoid confusions.

Thank you so much for your help,
Eduardo

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Thanks Gabriele for the PPA! It's now very easy to install Slic3r Prusa Edition on Ubuntu. One question though. Do I need the ini files that are part of the mac distribution? The PPA package itself doesn't include the ini files.

Thanks again,
Avi

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Yes, currently you'd want to download the Mac binary to get the STL files and Slic3r config. I do plan to add packages for those as well but I have to look into it.

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Maybe Prusa will be kind enough to post these files on their own to make it easier to get them without having to get the Mac version first.

I got the files from the Mac version and all seems to work fine.

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

The slic3r settings are available here:
https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r-settings
You don't have to download the complete OSX installation package 🙂

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

The slic3r settings are available here:
https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r-settings
You don't have to download the complete OSX installation package 🙂

Thank you!

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Since 1.33.8 has now been released in the new 1.7.6 driver package, I have uploaded it to the PPA. The builds should be available shortly, so get ready to update your packages. 🙂

I suggest also grabbing the latest settings from https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r-settings

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

A package for Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety) has been added to the PPA.

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Thank you for the PPA. Whats about Slic3r 1.34.1? 😀
https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r/releases

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

hi gabriele,
i'm still on 14.04. if you may build a version for that, it would be great!
thank you very much.
p

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

hi gabriele,
i'm still on 14.04. if you may build a version for that, it would be great!
thank you very much.
p

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Hi Gabriele,
I am thinking about upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10.
Will your ppa work with this version?
Thks

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Hi,
this PPA seems to be not maintained anymore.

At the moment I found more convenient to extract tar.bz2 version into /opt/slic3r
and put a launcher into ex. /usr/share/applications/slic3r-1.38.31-prusa3d.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Slic3r 1.38.3 Prusa
Comment=STL-to-GCODE translator for RepRap printers
Exec=/opt/slic3r/Slic3r-1.38.3-prusa3d-linux64-full-201712012144/slic3r --gui
Icon=/opt/slic3r/Slic3r-1.38.3-prusa3d-linux64-full-201712012144/bin/var/Slic3r_128px.png
Terminal=0
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Development;Application;

This way I can get the GUI and the command line version which AppImage does not support.

Unfortunately the tar.bz has wrong permissions so it need to be fixed like chmod -R 755 /opt/slic3r (it should be more selective, I know).
Hope that helps somebody. Cheers.

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Hi,
this PPA seems to be not maintained anymore.

At the moment I found more convenient to extract tar.bz2 version into /opt/slic3r
and put a launcher into ex. /usr/share/applications/slic3r-1.38.31-prusa3d.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Slic3r 1.38.3 Prusa
Comment=STL-to-GCODE translator for RepRap printers
Exec=/opt/slic3r/Slic3r-1.38.3-prusa3d-linux64-full-201712012144/slic3r --gui
Icon=/opt/slic3r/Slic3r-1.38.3-prusa3d-linux64-full-201712012144/bin/var/Slic3r_128px.png
Terminal=0
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Development;Application;

This way I can get the GUI and the command line version which AppImage does not support.

Unfortunately the tar.bz has wrong permissions so it need to be fixed like chmod -R 755 /opt/slic3r (it should be more selective, I know).
Hope that helps somebody. Cheers.

Thank you.
That's much appreciated!!!

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

> This way I can get the GUI and the command line version which AppImage does not support.

The upcoming Slic3r 1.38.4 appimage will support a --no-gui switch to run in a command line only.

Re: Ubuntu PPA for Slic3r Prusa Edition

Support for new Ubuntu version?

Can you please provide a version for the new Ubuntu release, Bionic Beaver, v18.04 LTS?

Thanks,
Jon Herr