On 08/19/2011 01:27 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 8/19/2011 12:05 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> Before filing a bug report, I thought I'd ask: >> >> Latest code, EESCHEMA library path issue, Ubuntu Linux. >> >> 1) Load any existing schematic into EESCHEMA through the normal method. >> >> 2) Menu File | New >> >> Immediately an error window shows up: >> >> Load Error! >> >> The following libraries could not be found: >> >> * power >> * device >> * transistors >> etc. >> >> Looking at the library path settings after this process (Preferences | >> Libraries), one sees that >> /usr/local/share/kicad/template is there, >> >> *but not /usr/local/share/kicad/library* >> >> which is the essence of the problem I think. >> >> Is this a bug on Linux? > Dick, > > If the EESchema executable you're running is located in /usr/local/bin or > /usr/local is in your PATH environment variable, > /usr/local/share/kicad/library > should be in the list (assuming it exists) of default search paths. If not, > then this is definitely a bug. I've run into similar problems when running > EESchema from build folders depending on where I have my Kicad libraries > installed. The best solution I've found is to set the KICAD environment > variable to point to the base path to my library files. > > Wayne
Thanks Wayne. I found that when I run eeschema from the project manager the problem does not occur. Also, I found that setting KICAD environment variable to /usr/local/share/kicad allows me to run eeschema from the development tree. So your workaround was spot on. The question remaining is, is it a bug or not? _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
