Compiling KiCad on Debian & Ubuntu ================================== First written: 10-Mar-2009 Updated: 31-Oct-2009 Lasted edited by: Jerry Jacobs This file is AsciiDoc formatted to you can convert it to pdf/xhtml/xml Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) -------------------------- After a fresh install you need the following packages to compile and run KiCad from source. Boost - Collection of portable C++ source libraries CMake - Cross-platform make Doxygen - Documentation system for several programming languages GLUT - The OpenGL Utility Library wxGTK - The wxWidgets GUI toolkit with GTK+ bindings zlib - General purpose data compression library Because boost is in the repository of kicad you don't need to install them. Install these with aptitude: ---- sudo aptitude install build-essential cmake doxygen subversion libglut3 libglut3-dev libwxgtk libwxgtk-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev ---- Checkout the source ---- svn checkout https://kicad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kicad/trunk/kicad kicad ---- Generate makefiles ---- cd /home// cmake . ---- Compile ---- make ---- *Note* on multicore systems you can do parallel make jobs to speed up compiling by giving the option -j {JOBS} to make. Ubuntu 9.04 ----------- Special thanks to David J S Briscoe The first thing I did was follow this page up to the running kicad section http://basicubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/02/installing-kicad-on-ubuntu.html This resulted in the error message detailed in this post http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel/message/3180 SNIPPET The build fails with the following message ----------------------------------------------------------: david@ubuntu:~/Desktop/KICAD_SVN$ fakeroot debian/rules binary test -d debian/patched || install -d debian/patched dpatch apply-all dpatch cat-all >>patch-stampT mv -f patch-stampT patch-stamp mkdir -p /home/david/Desktop/KICAD_SVN/build/kicad mkdir -p /home/david/Desktop/KICAD_SVN/build/bitmaps cd /home/david/Desktop/KICAD_SVN/build/kicad && cmake -DKICAD_MINIZIP=0 \ -DKICAD_DEMOS=/home/david/Desktop/KICAD_SVN/debian/kicad-common/usr/share/doc/ki\ cad/demos ../../kicad \ -DXPM_CPP_PATH=/home/david/Desktop/KICAD_SVN/build/bitmaps -- The C compiler identification is GNU -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done -- Looking for XOpenDisplay in /usr/lib/libX11.so;/usr/lib/libXext.so -- Looking for XOpenDisplay in /usr/lib/libX11.so;/usr/lib/libXext.so - found -- Looking for gethostbyname -- Looking for gethostbyname - found -- Looking for connect -- Looking for connect - found -- Looking for remove -- Looking for remove - found -- Looking for shmat -- Looking for shmat - found -- Looking for IceConnectionNumber in ICE -- Looking for IceConnectionNumber in ICE - found -- Found X11: /usr/lib/libX11.so -- Check for installed OpenGL -- found -- Check for installed Boost -- not found CMake Error at CMakeModules/CheckFindPackageResult.cmake:6 (message): Boost was not found - it is required to build Kicad Call Stack (most recent call first): CMakeLists.txt:111 (check_find_package_result) -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1 david@ubuntu:~/Desktop/KICAD_SVN$ -----------------------------------------------------------------: SNIPPET The next step was to remove any libboost 1.34 libraries using the apt-get remove command (can't remember the exact commands I used) as the Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) repositories only had the 1.34 version available. After this I installed the boost 1.37 libraries using this command --------------------------------------- sudo apt-get install libboost1.37-dev --------------------------------------- This pulled down all the required files and dependencies (as far as I know-how do I check this?) I then entered the following command --------------------------------------- fakeroot debian/rules binary --------------------------------------- and everything was built properly (I saw a few warnings flash past-will these be logged anywhere?) I was left with a bunch of debian packaged files. I installed the main one, the common one and an English language documentation one (I can supply more details if needed later as I am not using Ubuntu at the moment). The first link above describes moving the libraries and other files into the same place as the compiled executables. I didn't do this, so I have a duplicate installation. The above method needs some fine tuning and improvements. If you can let me know of a tidier way of compiling Kicad please let me know. Maybe there is a way of automating things with scripts, my Linux knowledge doesn't go that far, yet. Ubuntu (8.04) ------------- Original from: http://basicubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/02/installing-kicad-on-ubuntu.html Required software and dependencies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We need to install the following packages: debhelper, dpatch, libx11-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev, mesa-common-dev, libwxbase2.8-dev, libwxgtk2.8-dev, libboost-dev, subversion, cmake (>= 2.6.0). --------------------------------------- sudo apt-get install debhelper dpatch libx11-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libboost-dev fakeroot subversion libboost-serialization-dev --------------------------------------- And finally, we need cmake, but we need atleast version 2.6, the one from the repository is not the updated one (atleast for ubuntu 8.04). You can download version 2.6 from newer ubuntu releases. Just search for cmake on http://packages.ubuntu.com then get a newer cmake .deb file and install the downloaded package on the console with: --------------------------------------- sudo dpkg -i --------------------------------------- But if what the repository gives you is atleast version 2.6, then simply --------------------------------------- sudo apt-get install cmake --------------------------------------- Get KiCad Sourcecode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We will be getting the source codes through subversion. Create a directory where you'll be downloading the source codes, and go to that directory. type the following: --------------------------------------- svn checkout https://kicad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kicad/trunk/kicad kicad svn checkout https://kicad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kicad/trunk/kicad-doc kicad-doc svn checkout https://kicad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kicad/trunk/kicad-library kicad-library --------------------------------------- Also we need the following to get the debian specific stuff --------------------------------------- svn checkout http://svn.flexserv.de/kicad/trunk/debian --------------------------------------- Compiling ~~~~~~~~~ To compile simply do the following on your terminal (make sure you're still in the same directory where you did the svn) --------------------------------------- fakeroot debian/rules binary --------------------------------------- hopefully, there will be no errors. You'll find the compiled version of KiCad in the following directory: --------------------------------------- debian/kicad/usr/bin/ --------------------------------------- to complete things up, you'll need to copy the following folders --------------------------------------- debian/kicad-common/usr/share/kicad/library debian/kicad-common/usr/share/kicad/modules debian/kicad-common/usr/share/kicad/template --------------------------------------- in here --------------------------------------- debian/kicad/usr/share --------------------------------------- again, to run KiCad go to --------------------------------------- cd debian/kicad/usr/bin/ --------------------------------------- and double click KiCad Debian squeeze (testing) ------------------------ Special Note ~~~~~~~~~~~~ After SVN trunk revision 1753 boost library 1.36 or higher is needed to compile KiCad. Installing Packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following packages should be installed with synaptic, apt-get or aptitude: - build-essential - cmake - libboost-dev - libwxgtk2.8-dev - libglut3-dev The following packages will also be installed then - cmake dependencies - boost development dependencies - wxwidgets development dependencies - opengl3 (glut) development dependencies Get KiCad sourcecode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Checkout sourcecode using subversion or download latest release. .*Subversion* --------------------------------------- svn checkout https://kicad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kicad/trunk/kicad kicad --------------------------------------- .*Release* --------------------------------------- wget http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/kicad-sources-2009-02-16.tar.gz tar -xvf kicad-sources-2009-02-16.tar.gz --------------------------------------- Compiling ~~~~~~~~~ Run 'cmake .' in the root of the source directory then build the binaries with 'make'. Installing ~~~~~~~~~~ For installing you could use 'make install' or build a debian package.