Re: [kicad-users] Re: Installing Kicad from Source files

2010-08-23 Thread Milan Horák
Hallo, downloading binaries from http://kicad.1301.cz is not the option? Milan Dne 21.8.2010 17:14, Andrew napsal(a): Hi Bernd I've finally managed to do it. After reading various txt install and compile text files, I followed the guide i used upto the point where i got the error, then

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Type Err(4) trace near pad issue in Kicad

2010-08-23 Thread Robert
The error occurs only when I try to create a PCB without schematic nor netlist AND with the DRC active. I don't get any error when the DRC is OFF, or if I have a schematic and a proper netlist. That's because you can't have DRC without a netlist; please see my last post on this subject for

[kicad-users] Re: Installing Kicad from Source files

2010-08-23 Thread Andrew
Well I discovered yesterday that I had a problem with my installation of Kicad from the sources. Because I don't know how to make myself the root, I had to use the sudo command to run the ' make install' option. After coming back to Kicad yesterday, I found that the program would not run. No

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Installing Kicad from Source files

2010-08-23 Thread Andy Eskelson
Depends on the distro. type su at a command prompt is the normal method of becoming root. If you are using that awful Ubuntu system of sudo then the easy way is to open a shell and enter sudu su once you do that the the shell will remain as root, but BE CAREFUL not to exit it by accident.

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Installing Kicad from Source files

2010-08-23 Thread Donald H Locker
sudo is a very old Unix command. sudo is an excellent way to control access to commands that have deep implications. Unlike Windows where roles and authority are typically granted to users on a per-login basis (with the exception of run as which is a half-assed work-like sudo,) it has a

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Installing Kicad from Source files

2010-08-23 Thread Ricardo Cárdenes Medina
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

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Installing Kicad from Source files

2010-08-23 Thread Andy Eskelson
I'm still using the 2009 final with SUSE 11.1 at the moment. (I use the centos versio on SUSE) I do have SUSE 11.3 installed but I have a annoying problem with my KVM which is preventing the system determining what monitor is connected, so I have not yet installed the latest Kicad on 11.3 as yet.