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# KiCad
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Majority of current Linux distributions contain stable version of KiCad
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which is fairly old and does not include the Push and Shove router,
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which in my opinion is vital for PCB design. Therefore, here are short
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instructions for getting the newest version to work.
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If you meet any problems - please let me know. I would rather make KiCad
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easy to build for everyone than force you to use tricks. Also, I have
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not fully tested those steps, as my system is already full of KiCad
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files in many different, strange places.
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## Prerequisites
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The following tools can be easily obtained from any distro package
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repository (excluding debian stable):
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\- cmake \>= 2.8
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\- bzr & bzrtools
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\- wxwidgets-dev or wxgtk-dev \>= 2.8
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\- libbz2
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\- cairo-dev
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\- glew-dev
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\- git
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For deb based
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systems:
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$ sudo apt-get install bzr bzrtools build-essential cmake libbz2-dev \
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libcairo2-dev libglew-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev git
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For rpm based systems (not tested by me):
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$ sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
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$ sudo yum install bzr bzrtools bzip2-libs bzip2-devel cmake cairo-devel glew-devel wxGTK-devel git
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## Building
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I am not sure about this, but it will not hurt you - fresh bazaar may
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need to be given your credentials:
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$ bzr whoami "Name Surname <name.surname@cern.ch>"
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For the time being, the newest Push and Shove is not merged to the
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master repository, therefore we are going to use a different one:
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$ bzr checkout --lightweight lp:~twlostow/kicad/tom-pns-v2 kicad
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$ mkdir kicad/build
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$ cd kicad/build
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$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
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$ make -j<number of CPU cores>
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$ sudo make install
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KiCad is now installed and ready to run.
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## Libraries
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You may need a few libraries to start messing with hardware design (or
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you may draw them yourself, then skip the part below). I recommend you
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installing those, so you will not waste time drawing symbols for
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resistors & capacitors or 0603/0805/etc. footprints.
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### Symbols
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Optionally, you may set up eeschema to you a custom folder instead of
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installing the
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library.
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$ bzr checkout --lightweight lp:~kicad-product-committers/kicad/library kicad-library
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$ mkdir kicad-library/build
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$ cd kicad-library/build
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$ cmake ..
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$ sudo make install
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### Footprints
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$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/johnbeard/kicad_pretties.git footprints
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$ cd footprints
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$ ./initRepo.sh
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$ cp /usr/local/share/kicad/template/fp-lib-table.for-pretty ~/fp-lib-table
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Now you have to set enviromental variables (though I recommend using
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/etc/profile or equivalent):
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$ export KISYSMOD=/path/to/repo/fetched/in/the/last/step
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### Documentation
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$ bzr checkout --lightweight lp:~kicad-developers/kicad/doc
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You may install it in a similar manner to symbol libraries, but these
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files are not critical to be placed in a specific location. Just check
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the contents, that should be enough.
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