Hi Wayne, I'm still focusing on the Mac stuff, but it's looking good. I am not familiar with most of this Windows stuff, so could you clarify: would the output of the automated msys2 package builder would be a file that pacman can install?
Adam Wolf Cofounder and Engineer Wayne and Layne, LLC On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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