I use Ubuntu 18.04pro because the versions that follow it are heavy for my computer.
I tried to install the most recent versions of FlatCAM but some python modules could not be installed.
So I installed and was able to use FlatCAM8.5 with ubuntu 18.04lts
Since certain updates of ubuntu18.04pro (probably python modules) FlatCAM does not launch and I get this feedback:
Usrpro-Product-Name:~/FlatCAM-8.5$ python FlatCAM.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "FlatCAM.py", line 3, in <module>
from FlatCAMApp import App
File "/home/fgh66/FlatCAM-8.5/FlatCAMApp.py", line 22, in <module>
from ObjectCollection import *
File "/home/fgh66/FlatCAM-8.5/ObjectCollection.py", line 2, in <module>
from FlatCAMObj import *
File "/home/fgh66/FlatCAM-8.5/FlatCAMObj.py", line 7, in <module>
from camlib import *
File "/home/fgh66/FlatCAM-8.5/camlib.py", line 48, in <module>
from svg.path import Path, Line, Arc, CubicBezier, QuadraticBezier, parse_path
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/svg/path/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from .path import Path, Move, Line, Arc, Close # noqa: 401
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/svg/path/path.py", line 105
return f"Line(start={self.start}, end={self.end})"
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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And with python3 :
Usrpro-Product-Name:~/FlatCAM-8.5$ python3 FlatCAM.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "FlatCAM.py", line 3, in <module>
from FlatCAMApp import App
File "/home/fgh66/FlatCAM-8.5/FlatCAMApp.py", line 49
print cmd_line_help
^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(cmd_line_help)?
Usrpro-Product-Name:~/FlatCAM-8.5$
Can you help me ?
Regard.