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Comment on How to build Kicad on Ubuntu by The Amp Hour #83 — Aggravating Agersia Agiotage | The Amp Hour

The Amp Hour #83 — Aggravating Agersia Agiotage | The Amp Hour — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:10:44 +0000

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Comment on Kicad testing PPA packages for Ubuntu by Layne

Layne — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:56:49 +0000

I’m not sure about how to got back to prior versions, surely there’s a way to use the package manager to go back to a previous version? The code is auto-compiled on the PPA server into a Ubuntu package, which is then installed on your machine if you want, when you update your packages.

I’m not exactly sure how the libraries are handled with the PPA. Regardless, you really should never edit the included kicad libraries since they will be overwritten when you update your version of kicad, whether or not you’re using this PPA. You should always make a new library for your own use somewhere else and put your modifications in that library. Does that make sense?

Comment on Kicad testing PPA packages for Ubuntu by B.Stott

B.Stott — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:27:48 +0000

Great for staying on top and testing the latest.

Is it easy to revert to a previous version if all goes to crud? Does your PPA auto-install or just download the latest compiled code?

What about the nightly saving of your library files? Or do you just create symlinks to the libraries?

Comment on How to build Kicad on Ubuntu by David Briscoe

David Briscoe — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:40:53 +0000

Hi,
I also used the following command line

sudo apt-get install debhelper dpatch libx11-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libboost-dev fakeroot subversion libboost-serialization-dev

or the packages can be instlled one at a time in Mint 12′s software manager as long as all the repositories are enabled.

Kicad seems to have built OK. Just got to test everything out. Can some other people try it for me as well.
Thanks.

David.

Comment on How to build Kicad on Ubuntu by David Briscoe

David Briscoe — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:04:36 +0000

Hi,
I’ve installed libwxbase2.8-dev and libwxgtk2.8-dev using APT as I could not find the required 2.9.2 versions required. Is this why I get the not found messages below? I will continue with the build process and see what happens anyway.

david@david-122-CK-NF68 ~/kicad.bzr/kicad-build $ cmake -DKICAD_TESTING_VERSION=ON ../
Build testing (unstable) version of Kicad
– Check for installed OpenGL — found
– Check for installed wxWidgets — found
– Looking for malloc.h
– Looking for malloc.h – found
– Looking for iso646.h
– Looking for iso646.h – found
– Looking for strcasecmp
– Looking for strcasecmp – found
– Looking for strncasecmp
– Looking for strncasecmp – found
– Looking for malloc
– Looking for malloc – found
– Looking for _stricmp
– Looking for _stricmp – not found.
– Looking for _strnicmp
– Looking for _strnicmp – not found.
– Looking for _snprintf
– Looking for _snprintf – not found.
– Looking for _hypot
– Looking for _hypot – not found.
– Bazaar version control system version found.
– Kicad Bazaar build version: (2011-12-23 BZR 3325)
– Found Doxygen: /usr/bin/doxygen
– Configuring done
– Generating done
– Build files have been written to: /home/david/kicad.bzr/kicad-build
david@david-122-CK-NF68 ~/kicad.bzr/kicad-build $

Comment on How to build Kicad on Ubuntu by David Briscoe

David Briscoe — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:40:56 +0000

Hi,
Ive followed all the instructions above and get the following error about wxwidgets not being found (when giving the cmake -DKICAD_TESTING_VERSION=ON ../ command). I also had to install freeglut3 as it could not find OpenGL.
I’m using Linux Mint 12 (julia)

david@david-122-CK-NF68 ~/kicad.bzr/kicad-build $ cmake -DKICAD_TESTING_VERSION=ON ../
Build testing (unstable) version of Kicad
– Check for installed OpenGL — found
– Check for installed wxWidgets — not found
CMake Error at CMakeModules/CheckFindPackageResult.cmake:6 (message):
wxWidgets was not found – it is required to build Kicad
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:201 (check_find_package_result)

– Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
david@david-122-CK-NF68 ~/kicad.bzr/kicad-build $

How do I install the correct Wxwidgets sources using APT?
Thanks.

David,

Comment on How to build Kicad on Ubuntu by Kicad testing PPA packages for Ubuntu | Wayne and Layne

Kicad testing PPA packages for Ubuntu | Wayne and Layne — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:52:21 +0000

[...] especially our favorite PCB design tool Kicad. We’ve written instructions in the past about how to compile the most recent testing version of Kicad on Ubuntu, but if you’re looking to run the latest and greatest version of Kicad on your Ubuntu [...]

Comment on Fixing Linux firmware issues on Arduino Mega 2560 by Layne

Layne — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:41:20 +0000

tao13: I don’t know what you are trying to do. What are you talking about the at90usb82 chip? This chip is not in the arduino mega 2560, so I am confused what you are talking about.

Comment on Bluetooth Keyboard Module, Part 1 by Layne

Layne — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:38:59 +0000

John, our original supplier of the BP20422 modules has run out of stock of them and we haven’t been able to find a new supplier (that will let us by less than 100 modules at a time). If you find a module, we can sell you a PCB and the required passives. Let us know!

Comment on How to build Kicad on Ubuntu by RobotGrrl.com » Blog Archive » Learning more CAD

RobotGrrl.com » Blog Archive » Learning more CAD — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:15:21 +0000

[...] VM. I was having issues with possibly the version from apt-get being out of date, so I followed this excellent tutorial on Wayne & Layne on how to build it from source. The Mac version is not user-friendly at all, but I did look at it [...]