Hi folks, I threw together a PPA today, with the source packages of wxpython3 and wxwidgets3 from 14.10, rebuilt for 14.04. It was relatively painless, after I modified the backport package script I was using to let me make arbitrary changes :) I added mesa-common-dev as a build-dependency for wxpython3. (It looks like the Ubuntu folks added this dependency for wxpython3 in August, and then in the next update, accidentally removed it.)
I have to stop working on this today, but if someone wants to play around with it from here before I write more instructions... https://launchpad.net/~adamwolf/+archive/ubuntu/kicad-trusty-backports Don't let the Launchpad page fool you--there are 37 binary packages in the PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~adamwolf/+archive/ubuntu/kicad-trusty-backports/+packages ). Nick made some progress while I was on a walk this afternoon--I didn't quite follow everything he did, so I continued this work. Adam Wolf Cofounder and Engineer W&L - On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Adam Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > The plan is that most users will not compile KiCad. > > This PPA will, at first, only contain the back ports of any packages > needed to build KiCad on 14.04. > > In terms of new regular binary release, OS X is the first on my list, but > it is very close, thanks to the help of everyone on this list. > > Adam Wolf > Cofounder and Engineer > W&L > On Oct 18, 2014 5:28 PM, "Jake" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Adam for your work on this. >> >> I haven't been back at sudoroom (where I am trying to install kicad) to >> test the fixes that were mentioned below, but I think that anything that >> makes it easier to install kicad is good. Ideally it will be possible for >> ubuntu 12.04 to install kicad by following instructions - keep in mind that >> 12.04 is LONG TERM SUPPORT and is still run by many people around the >> world, for good reasons. >> >> Will this PPA also include KiCAD itself? :) :) :) >> >> -jake (dreaming of the good old wxgtk2.8 days) >> >> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, Adam Wolf wrote: >> >> 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 <[email protected]> >>> 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 <[email protected]> >>> 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 < >>> [email protected]>: >>> > *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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> 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 : [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 >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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