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Klipper
Installation
At first we have to install some OS dependencies:
sudo apt install virtualenv python-dev libffi-dev build-essential libncurses-dev libusb-dev avrdude gcc-avr binutils-avr avr-libc stm32flash dfu-util libnewlib-arm-none-eabi gcc-arm-none-eabi binutils-arm-none-eabi libusb-1.0
The following commands will clone Klipper to an appropriate directory in HOME.
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/KevinOConnor/klipper
Then we can initialize the python virtual environment and install the python dependencies:
cd ~
virtualenv -p python2 ./klippy-env
./klippy-env/bin/pip install -r ./klipper/scripts/klippy-requirements.txt
Configuration & startup service
After Klipper is installed, you will need to create a startup script to define log, config & UDS service location:
To edit this file type:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/klipper.service
fill in these lines:
#Systemd Klipper Service
[Unit]
Description=Starts Klipper and provides klippy Unix Domain Socket API
Documentation=https://www.klipper3d.org/
After=network.target
Before=moonraker.service
Wants=udev.target
[Install]
Alias=klippy
WantedBy=multi-user.target
[Service]
Environment=KLIPPER_CONFIG=/home/pi/klipper_config/printer.cfg
Environment=KLIPPER_LOG=/home/pi/klipper_logs/klippy.log
Environment=KLIPPER_SOCKET=/tmp/klippy_uds
Type=simple
User=pi
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart= /home/pi/klippy-env/bin/python /home/pi/klipper/klippy/klippy.py ${KLIPPER_CONFIG} -l ${KLIPPER_LOG} -a ${KLIPPER_SOCKET}
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
Save the file with CTRL+O and close the editor with CTRL+X.
Please check and modify the username!
If you do not use the user pi, you must replace it in each path and in the variable user in the service file.
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To enable and start the Klipper service execute these commands:
sudo systemctl enable klipper.service
You have to create the directories for your klipper configuration, logs and the virtual_sdcard directory:
mkdir ~/klipper_config
mkdir ~/klipper_logs
mkdir ~/gcode_files
touch ~/klipper_config/printer.cfg
After your config is in place, restart klipper with sudo systemctl start klipper.
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