The problem is that the libraries/modules are not included with the
source, I had to download the binaries to get the libraries, odd huh?
On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 23:36 +0000, scottyaa2000 wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I've been a member for a few months, and reading the postings, but
> only now actually trying to use Kicad (I'm a student in my last term,
> and haven't had a need - or the time - before this). My issue may have
> been addressed before now, but I can't remember, and can't find any
> posts.
>
> I've built the latest stable version (20100314) from source (for
> Ubuntu 9.10 on AMD64 X2 machine), but when I open EESchema it can't
> find any of the libraries. I assume this is because they aren't
> included in the source archive, but I can't find a library archive
> file on any of the Kicad sites that I can download, and I'm not sure
> into which directory I should extract it (/usr/local/share/kicad/ ?).
>
> If someone could kindly point me to the Kicad library archive file
> (.tar.gz, .tgz, .zip, whatever), and give me a hint as to where I
> extract it, I will be forever grateful.
>
> BTW: I've been using Eagle for circuit board design, but only because
> when I was looking for a Linux ECAD application Kicad didn't show up
> in my searches (and Eagle was cheapest/best I could find). I can no
> longer afford to keep updating to the latest version, and prefer FOSS,
> so here I am.
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