I spent quite a few hours on this today. I set up a PPA, did a backport of wxpython3 (which provides most of these packages), and uploaded it. The build on the Ubuntu servers fails, due to the package not specifying mesa-common-dev as a build-depends. (This issue is fixed in Debian, for what it's worth.)
I pinged the folks on the #ubuntu-packaging IRC in order to figure out what my next step is, but I haven't gotten a reply yet. Harrumph. Adam Wolf Cofounder and Engineer W&L On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Carl Poirier <carl.poirie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i did try this and it said it couldn't satisfy the dependancies.. > > Hi Jake, you can still install the package this way, inserting the > dependencies that need to be ignored. I built recent KiCads this way. > > sudo dpkg --install --ignore-depends=_______ python-wxgtk3.0.deb > > > If I can find a few savvy volunteers here who use their 14.04 machines > regularly and also want to test this for me, I can propose it be included > in official backports. > > Hi Adam, > > My main machine is running Xubuntu 14.04. I can test this for you during a > few weeks. After that, I plan tu update to 14.10 myself. > > Do I have to compile with KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON, or only > KICAD_SCRIPTING? > > Let me know when the backports are ready. > > Regards, > > Carl > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Adam >> >> I have an ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) available, but I don't use it daily >> though. I can still test the packages for you. >> >> Nick >> >> 2014-10-18 15:20 GMT+02:00 Adam Wolf <adamw...@feelslikeburning.com>: >> > *sigh* >> > >> > I have begun the backports process. >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports >> > >> > What this means is that I am creating a PPA of packages that are needed >> for >> > KiCad and are already in 14.10 (utopic), but rejiggering the packages so >> > they're meant for 14.04 (trusty). >> > >> > If I can find a few savvy volunteers here who use their 14.04 machines >> > regularly and also want to test this for me, I can propose it be >> included in >> > official backports. >> > >> > Hopefully this goes as smoothly as getting wxWidgets 3.0 working on this >> > week's OS X release. (Sometimes I feel we spend more time working on >> our >> > dependencies than on KiCad!) >> > >> > Adam Wolf >> > Cofounder and Engineer >> > Wayne and Layne, LLC >> > >> > On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Jake <j...@spaz.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> i did try this and it said it couldn't satisfy the dependancies.. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, Nick Østergaard wrote: >> >> >> >>> So did you ever try what Moses suggested? >> >>> >> >>> https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg15067.html >> >>> >> >>> 2014-10-18 10:30 GMT+02:00 Jake <j...@spaz.org>: >> >>>> >> >>>> so i'm trying to install kicad on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04, >> which >> >>>> is >> >>>> this years' long-term support version of Ubuntu. >> >>>> >> >>>> it should be easy right? >> >>>> >> >>>> but immediately, the kicad-install.sh script says >> >>>> E: Unable to locate package python-wxgtk3.0 >> >>>> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python-wxgtk3.0' >> >>>> >> >>>> i looked into it and i see that python-wxgtk3.0 is only available for >> >>>> bleeding-edge installs of Ubuntu 14.10 which only just now came out. >> >>>> >> >>>> this is very frustrating and basically means that anyone not running >> >>>> literally the latest system software can't install kicad. Is this >> >>>> really >> >>>> necessary? I have python-wxgtk2.8 available to me, is that not >> >>>> sufficient? >> >>>> >> >>>> I am not an expert with aptitude and sources, and i have no idea how >> to >> >>>> get >> >>>> python-wxgtk3.0 onto my system, so i just installed python-wxgtk2.8 >> >>>> and i took out that line from kicad-install.sh and i'm trying again. >> >>>> >> >>>> but if possible, i think it would be ideal if this requirement were >> >>>> taken >> >>>> out. I can't in good conscience keep telling people that they should >> >>>> switch >> >>>> to kicad if i can't even figure out how to install it myself. >> >>>> >> >>>> apologies if i'm missing something basic, or if my tone is >> frustrated. >> >>>> >> >>>> thank you, >> >>>> -jake >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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