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Bola

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From: Italia

Registered: 2007-02-16

Posts: 118

[Request] Kikad, electronic CAD

Hi, i found a good alternative to circuit maker under linux, here is the link http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/ if someone want to maintain it (i don't know how to create a pkgbuild) i will very thankfull.

Bola

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From: Italia

Registered: 2007-02-16

Posts: 118

Re: [Request] Kikad, electronic CAD

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Bola

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From: Italia

Registered: 2007-02-16

Posts: 118

Re: [Request] Kikad, electronic CAD

None needs an Electric CAD program?

Mikko777

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From: Suomi, Finland

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 837

Re: [Request] Kikad, electronic CAD

None needs an Electric CAD program?

Well I could use one, it just seems your link sux and that program seems shady at best...

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Bola

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From: Italia

Registered: 2007-02-16

Posts: 118

Re: [Request] Kikad, electronic CAD

None needs an Electric CAD program?

Well I could use one, it just seems your link sux and that program seems shady at best...

It seems a good alternative to Circuit Maker... I don't think that it sucks...;)

G_Syme

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Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 83

Re: [Request] Kikad, electronic CAD

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Have you ever had the pleasure to learn about a certain word called patience? Not even 24h have passed and you ask again, and the same after another 22h.
I'm not really angry about that, but allow me to explain why it's not necessary to remind your request this frequently:

1.: Not everyone has the time to read the forums everyday.
2.: Out of these only a part is experienced in making packages.
3.: Out of these ones many have a job/university/etc, so only a few will be able to start with making the package immediately.
4.: The fact that there's no package for a piece of software usually results of the fact that the software is either unknown, or the package is hard to make.
      As the number of packages in AUR constantly grows, the second reason becomes more probable.
5.: And of course, if a package is hard to make, AKA not the standard way, it is more likely to contain mistakes, so it has to be tested even more than regular packages.
6.: Last but not least, only few people will state that they will make a package, because then the others might simply rely on them, and nobody else will take a try, but wait until they state that they weren't able to make the package.
      So usually we say we'll take the job after we've already been successful.

So to make a long story short, simply be a bit more patient.

BTW, I've also tested my luck, and this is as far as I've come:

pkgname=kicad
pkgver=2007_07_09
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A tool for the creation of electronic schematic diagrams and printed circuit board artwork"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/"
license=('GPL')
depends=('wxgtk' 'mesa')
makedepends=()
provides=()
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
install=
source=(http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/kicad-sources--${pkgver//_/-}.zip)
md5sums=('bf9aaf5a85851fe5250d6c53f4b4c6be')
sha512sums=('f401e4e97ea119e980532653b78138321823d89c98eae8ec05c82fbd4a9d01055febc99bf04969186fb056de475e382cdda103f5f73c201c69e91bc207f5d127')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-dev
  make -f makefile.gtk || return 1
  cd kicad/minizip
  make -f makefile.unx || return 1
  cd ../..
  install -D -m755 kicad/kicad $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/kicad
  install -D -m755 cvpcb/cvpcb $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/cvpcb
  install -D -m755 eeschema/eeschema $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/eeschema
  install -D -m755 pcbnew/pcbnew $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/pcbnew
  install -D -m755 gerbview/gerbview $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/gerbview
  install -D -m755 kicad/minizip/minizip $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/minizip
}

There's also an ebuild in the Gentoo portage tree. They seem to have used the binary package, but if you want to compile from source, the library directory doesn't exist...
Also, as kicad doesn't use the autotools yet, theres no "make install" routine and the files might have to be put into /opt.

This is my part, hope somebody else gets this improved and running. Otherwise we'll have to wait for the project to use autotools to make our life easier.

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Bola

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From: Italia

Registered: 2007-02-16

Posts: 118

Re: [Request] Kikad, electronic CAD

Sorry for my luck of patient but i've to make a poject for university and other software as oregano or eagle are too complex for my needs.

Thx a lot.