We got a reprap! Time to design some stuff in openscad to print. Ongoing post with helpful hints mainly so I can look back and remember how I did something.
Install Openscad
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chrysn/openscad $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install openscad
sudo apt-get install build-essential git
install slic3r to convert our openscad files to gcode files (what the reprap reads!)
git clone https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r
cd Slic3r
sudo apt-get install libwx-perl
sudo cpan Build
sudo perl Build.PL
sudo cpan Wx
./slic3r.pl
…. more to come