The footprint library table is already populated with all the official stuff by default. For using the Github stuff, this<https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/blob/master/template/fp-lib-table.for-github> is the table you need.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Sean Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, that was really helpful. Now I can refine my question a bit more. > What is the recommended way to populate the footprint library table? I > understand now how to manually add entries, but there are lots to add and I > just want to "add all the official ones" out of the box. > > -- Sean Silva > On Feb 19, 2014 1:29 AM, "Nick Østergaard" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Have you read the 5 - Footprint Libraries Management chapter in >> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-developers/kicad/doc/view/head:/doc/help/en/cvpcb.pdf? >> >> >> 2014-02-19 1:45 GMT+01:00 Sean Silva <[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I might have read your original mail a bit wrong, the dickelbeck lib is >>>> the legacy one. >>>> >>>> But it should be enough with only the github plugin AFIK, you can >>>> verify it by looking at the Help menu and then the version information. >>>> >>> >>> What exactly should I be looking for? >>> >>> >>>> If you want to use online pretty libs you also need to make sure that >>>> the KIGITHUB env variable is set. >>>> >>> >>> I didn't know about this environment variable, but it doesn't seem to >>> change things. I just did a clean rebuild to be sure, with >>> -DBUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON, and still, when I open cvpcb, I have no >>> footprints. >>> >>> -- Sean Silva >>> >>> >>>> >>>> 2014-02-17 20:22 GMT+01:00 Sean Silva <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Carl Poirier < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Have you built KiCad with the GitHub plugin enabled? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My CMakeCache says: >>>>> //Build the GITHUB_PLUGIN for pcbnew. >>>>> BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN:BOOL=ON >>>>> >>>>> so I assume yes. Is there anything else I need to do to enable it? >>>>> >>>>> -- Sean Silva >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Sean Silva >>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Nick Østergaard >>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> See https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-lib-committers/msg00034.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Which means that you should basically checkout >>>>>>>> lp:~dickelbeck/kicad/library-read-only instead. I guess the information >>>>>>>> should be updated on the website also, by those who have write access. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the information. I followed the same steps as on the >>>>>>> wiki, except using lp:~dickelbeck/kicad/library-read-only instead, but >>>>>>> I'm >>>>>>> still running into the same issue. In particular, when I open up cvpcb, >>>>>>> there are no footprints available. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm getting errors like "Cannot find footprint library file >>>>>>> 'sockets.mod' in any of the KiCad legacy library search paths.". There >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> no file sockets.mod, but there is a file Sockets.mod present in >>>>>>> $INSTALL_ROOT/share/kicad/modules/. I tried renaming the file to >>>>>>> sockets.mod but that doesn't seem to make any difference (no footprints >>>>>>> appear either way). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It seems like there is a lot of mention of "legacy" in the dialogs >>>>>>> when using this approach. Is there a different approach that I should be >>>>>>> using which is non-"legacy"? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- Sean Silva >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2014-02-16 1:54 GMT+01:00 Sean Silva <[email protected]>: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is there a preferred way to do this? Just building lp:kicad >>>>>>>>> there doesn't seem to be any library stuff included. What I was able >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> find was: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> There seems to be <https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library> and >>>>>>>>> all the *.pretty repos on github, but I wasn't able to find an >>>>>>>>> explanation >>>>>>>>> of how to integrate that into the basic source build/install. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Also, at the bottom of < >>>>>>>>> http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/DEV/Building+KiCad+on+Linux>, it >>>>>>>>> says "If you want to also install the KiCad components library, you >>>>>>>>> can use >>>>>>>>> these commands:", but those commands don't work for me, and seem to be >>>>>>>>> unrelated to the github libraries. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So what is the usual/preferred way to get the libraries? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- Sean Silva >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>
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