On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Andrew <andrwp...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Thanks for the quick reply Andy. So which binaries do you use exactly??? > > I have tried using the Synaptic package manager, but the version it > downloads is from 2009, and that version keeps crashing every time i select > the 3D view. I am after the latest stable release > > Hi Andrew, I use the package from the 0.0.20100314 version, taken from Debian Squeeze (I think I installed the .deb directly on Ubuntu 10.04 and it worked out of the box), which is also available for the future Ubuntu 10.10. Actually, after a quick glance, I'd say you can use the version for Maverick too, as the dependencies seem to be right for 10.04. To do this, just download: http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/k/kicad/kicad-common_0.0.20100314-1_all.deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/k/kicad/kicad_0.0.20100314-1_i386.deb (change that "_i386.deb" to "_amd64.deb" if you're running a 64 bit installation of Ubuntu). You may also want: http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/k/kicad/kicad-doc-en_0.0.20100314-1_all.deb Once you have donwloaded the files, just run: $ sudo dpkg -i kicad*.deb in the same directory they're sitting, and you should be done. If you really want to use the very latest stable copy, I could explain you how extract the "debian" directory from any working copy of the debian-package source, which you can get from Debian's or Ubuntu's repositories, and how to use it to produce new packages. In any case, try always to use packages. It's the tidiest thing to do. regards, Ricardo
