Well, use the kicad-install.sh script. [1] That works with recent deb and rpm beased distros.
[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-product-committers/kicad/product/view/head:/scripts/kicad-install.sh 2014-06-28 15:47 GMT+02:00 Michael McCormack <[email protected]>: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
