On 06/28/2014 08:47 AM, Michael McCormack wrote: > This might be a bit off topic - I would like to know what distro and what > branch is used > to Kicad development. > > Background - I use Linux only for development of embedded systems, and would > like to get > relatively recent copies of Kicad, Spice, Code::Blocks, OpenOCD, GDB, etc. > But every off > the shelf distro seems to only have two year old releases of at least one of > these > packages and as a result, when I try to install from source I run into > innumerable library > problems because of the old libraries that are invariably required. I will > say at the > moment, I'm not sure that Kicad is one of the packages I use that requires > cutting edge > libraries; but, I am trying to get ready for the next rebuild of my PC. > > I don't want to become a Linux systems guru, I want to remain an embedded > developer; so is > there an off the shelf distro that is used for development of Kicad? > > Cheers > > Mike
You should become a Linux systems guru. It is not mutually exclusive with being an embedded developer. Your brain is big enough. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
