On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Carl Poirier <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. > When I installed after building from source, the footprint library table didn't seem to be populated at all. However, I tried copying the fp-lib-table.for-github to ~/fp-lib-table and now everything works. -- Sean Silva > > > 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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