On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 11:46 -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote: > Hi > > At Peter Clifton's request: > > I am using the Debian Testing distro (Lenny?). I used the usual "apt-get > install gEDA" installation. Everything went fine. I did have some > trouble getting the rc files streightened out. Other than that it is > "just another F------ learning experience". > > As requested: > > gschem version 1.4.0.20080127 > pcb version 20080202
The half-loaded reason I asked the version, is to figure out if you could easily obtain "xgsch2pcb". Try "apt-get install xgsch2pcb". It is a GUI frontend to the workflow, which should make things simpler if a "project" for you consists of one or more flat schematic files producing a PCB board. > I'm starting the gschem and pcb applications from a KDE Desktop icon. I wonder if this is why the backups are going in your home-dir. The icon will most probably launch the app with its working directory set is the home directory. (Is the board saved in a different dir?) > I've never done this end of the electronics business before. An > interesting and sometimes frustrating experience. Have fun with the gEDA tools. Just look in the FAQ / ask here if you have difficulties. People are generally quite responsive. There is a wealth of information already written down: http://geda.seul.org/wiki/#faqs_and_informal_project_documentation It has links to some / all of these (to give you an idea of the topics) http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gschem http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-pcb http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gsch2pcb http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gnetlist http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-attribs http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-simulation Best wishes, -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
