kicad/Documentation/compiling/build-config.txt

Bazaar
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KiCad uses the Bazaar version control system to track source code changes,
and download the boost libraries needed by Kicad.
The easiest way to get a copy of the KiCad source is to use Bazaar.
Bazaar can be download from http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com.
Your best bet is to use the stand alone version of Bazaar
(which includes bzrtools, needed by Kicad) rather than one of
the Python specific versions.
Be sure bzrtools is also installed.
boost libraries will be downloaded the first time you build Kicad.

CMake
-----
KiCad uses CMake to generate the build files specific for the target platform
specified by the developer.  This document attempts to define some of the more
common CMake and KiCad build configuration settings.  You can use CMake either
by the command CMake on or the graphical version ccmake.  This document only
documents a very small subset of the total CMake documentation  For all of the
gory details, please see the complete CMake documentation at:

http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/documentation.html.


Useful CMake Build Settings.
----------------------------
This section defines some of the more common CMake build configuration setting
used when configuring KiCad.  These settings are valid for all projects that
use CMake.

Changing the Build Generator.
-----------------------------
CMake attempts to create the project build system based on the platform.  On
Posix systems CMake will create Unix Makefiles to build KiCad.  On Windows
systems CMake will attempt to find the latest version of Visual C++ installed
on the system and create the appropriate project files.  This behavior can be
changed by specifying the project generator using the -G "Project Generator"
switch on the command line.  Please note, only a small subset of these project
generators are supported.  If you want to use Eclipse on Linux to build KiCad,
you may be in for a lot of work.

CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE (Release/Debug/RelWithDebInfo/MinSizeRel)
----------------------------------------------------------
When configuring the KiCad build for the command line you must specify build
type.  To create a debug build, set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Debug.  To create a
release build, set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Release.  See the CMake documentation
for other build types.  For IDE project files, the build type can be selected
by the IDE configuration manager.

CMAKE_INSTALL_PATH (InstallPath)
--------------------------------
By default CMake will select the correct install path for your platform.  If
you wish to install KiCad in a custom location, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PATH to the
path where you want to install KiCad.  Please note that the default install
path that CMake chooses will likely overwrite the current version of KiCad
installed on your system.


wxWidgets Library Configuration.
--------------------------------
KiCad is built using the wxWidgets library.  The following options allow you
to specifically tailor the wxWidgets library configuration.  For the complete
list of wxWidgets setting see CMakeModules/FindwxWidgets.cmake in the KiCad
source.

wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR (NonDefaultwxWidgetsPath)
--------------------------------------------
CMake looks in the standard platform locations to find the default version of
the wxWidgets library.  If you wish to use a custom built wxWidgets library,
set wxWidgets_ROOT_DIR to the correct path.

wxWidgets_USE_DEBUG (ON/OFF)
----------------------------
When creating a debug build of KiCad, it is often useful to link against the
debug build of the wxWidgets.  To use the debug build of wxWidgets, set
wxWidgets_USE_DEBUG to ON.

wxWidgets_USE_UNICODE (ON/OFF)
------------------------------
If you platform supports Unicode and you wish to build KiCad with Unicode
support, set wxWidgets_USE_UNICODE to ON.  Please note as of the 2.9 branch
this option is not required.


KiCad Specific Options
----------------------
All of the configuration settings below are specific to the KiCad project.
If for any reason you add or remove a build option to the KiCad CMake files,
please update the list below.

KICAD_STABLE_VERSION (ON/OFF)
-----------------------------
This option enables or disables the stable version string to be created and
used when building KiCad.  It is mutually exclusive with KICAD_TESTING_VERSION.

KICAD_TESTING_VERSION (ON/OFF)
------------------------------
This option enables or disables the testing version string to be created and
used when building KiCad.  It is mutually exclusive with KICAD_STABLE_VERSION.

USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT (ON/OFF)
--------------------------------
This option is *Experimental* and used the advanced drawing library code
using wxGraphicsContext and should only be used for testing purposes.
Under Windows, a very recent version of mingw is needed.  It also requires
wxWidgets to be built with the --enable-graphics_ctx configuration switch.

USE_IMAGES_IN_MENUS (ON/OFF)
----------------------------
This option is used to enable or disable building KiCad with images in menu
items.  If this is not defined when CMake is used to create the build files,
images will be included in menu items on all platforms except OSX.

USE_PCBNEW_NANOMETRES (ON/OFF)
This option is used to enable or disable the nano-meter internal units for
Pcbnew.  The default is ON.

KICAD_GOST (ON/OFF)
-------------------
This option is used to enable or disable the GOST notation for multiple gates
per package in Eeschema.  The default is  OFF

KICAD_KEEPCASE (ON/OFF)
-----------------------
This option enables or disables turning off the  automatic component name
conversion to uppercase.  The default is OFF which means component names will
be converted to upper case.

USE_WX_OVERLAY (ON/OFF)
-----------------------
This option enables or disables wxOverlay for drawing operation on OSX.  It is
OFF by default on all platforms except OSX.  Warning, this is experimental!

KICAD_SCRIPTING (ON/OFF)
------------------------
This option enables or disables building Python scripting support for KiCad.
The default is OFF.  Currently only Pcbnew is supported.  This option requires
that SWIG and Python are installed on the system.

KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES (ON/OFF)
--------------------------------
This option enables or disables building the KiCad modules that can be used
from scripting languages.  The default is OFF.  Currently only Pcbnew is
supported.  This option requires that SWIG and Python are installed on the
system.

KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON (ON/OFF)
---------------------------------
This option enables or disables building wxPython support into KiCad for
python and py.shell.    The default is OFF.  Currently only Pcbnew is
supported.  This option requires that SWIG, Python, and wxPython are
installed on the system.

PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_PATH (PATH)
-------------------------------
When building KiCad with Python scripting enable, the Python site library path
is used by default.  If you want to install the KiCad Python extension in a
different path, set this variable to the desired path.


USE_FP_LIB_TABLE (ON/OFF)
-------------------------
This option enable or disables building KiCad with the new footprint library
table support.  The default setting (OFF) builds KiCad with the legacy library
path support.  This option is experimental until the library table support is
ready for release.