You can have the pieces anywhere you want, you just need to either add a LEOCAD_LIB variable or run with the -l option. You can also change it in the Preferences dialog and it will remember the location next time you run but I don't think that dialog works on the Linux version.
I'll look at the crash, the main reason for adding the Library Manager is to import updates so I didn't check if the groups worked or not. I also checked in a fix for the snap settings not work, I'll look at the other issues you reported. Thanks for helping testing and reporting bugs! On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM, brett stevens <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry it took me so long to try this out after asking for it. > > I tried out the binary (leocad-0.75.1-test.zip), and when I ran it with > root privileges (with sudo) I imported the complete unofficial parts > package(update_unoff-2008-03-20.zip from philohome) and everything worked > like a charm. > > One bug I noticed: when I upen the parts manager and select a category, the > right hand window shows me all the parts from the category just below the > one I selected. This means that if I have not done a search and I select > "wings" LeoCAD crashed with a segfault since it is trying to list the next > category which does not exist. Another example: if I want to see the animal > pieces then I have to select "Groups" > > As to the best way to handle Linux library updates, It seems that I just > need to run it a root (sudo) once to import the pieces and then running it a > user thereafter is fine, so it is not too big of a deal, but I liked the > earlier suggestion (of Danny Staple) of being able to have a local piece > library, local to a user, as an option. > > > Thank you Leonardo. > brett > > p.s. I do not know much about making .deb packages, but the documentation > for the command "alien" might help: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/ > > > > Leonardo Zide wrote: > >> >> I've uploaded a new Linux test binary that can handle piece updates to >> the website, it would be great if someone could give it a try and see if >> they can use it to import Philo's updates (it worked fine for me). Make sure >> you have write permission to the directory where you have the library >> installed (usually /usr/local/lib/leocad/), it currently doesn't show any >> error messages if you don't but I plan to add one before I make this version >> official. >> >> What's the best way of handling Linux library updates? I know people >> won't like if I tell them to run LeoCAD as root and I doubt anyone wants to >> make a directory under /usr/local/lib writeable by everyone. >> >> This binary also includes several bug fixes since the last stable version >> was released and the option to export VRML files. I'll upload a Windows >> version with the same fixes and features later this week. >> >> Does anyone have any experience making deb packages? >> >> Leonardo >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leocad mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.gerf.org/listinfo/leocad >> >> > > > -- > Brett Stevens > Associate Professor > School of Mathematics and Statistics > Carleton University > 1125 Colonel By Dr. > Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 > Canada > (613) 520-2600 x2125 > FAX: (613) 520-3536 > > > ``[Using] `Anarchism' indifferently with `anarchy' ... is a hardly more > correct use of words than saying that a Conservative is one who > makes jam.'' -- George Orwell > >
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