I just noticed that the MSYS2 project got my kicad package built and is available for public consumption. They didn't get the latest package changes that includes the documentation yet but I suspect that it will happen soon. This is a complete build of kicad including Python scripting. You can install on windows by simply installing msys2 (either the 32 bit or 64 versions) by downloading the installer from http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Base/i686 or x86_64 installing msys2, opening the msys2 shell, and running:
pacman -Syu to update all the default installed packages. Close the msys2 shell and reopen it and install kicad by running: pacman -S mingw-w(32 or 64)-(i686 or x86_64)-kicad-git All of the dependencies will automatically be installed along with kicad. Kicad will be installed in msys_install_path/mingw(32 or 64)/bin. You will have to configure your system and add any start menu and/or desktop links manually. The other plus is that you can keep up with the latest and greatest kicad simply by using git to clone the packages from https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages and running makepkg-mingw to build the most recent version of kicad. This builds a pacman package of kicad that can be installed by running: pacman -U new-kicad-package-file As soon as I get the time, I will add the libraries to the package and update the windows build notes in the kicad source. I hope someone can find the time to set up a automated msys2 package builder. It should be fairly straight forward. Wayne _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
