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Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
Dick Hollenbeck wrote:wafeliron wrote:I agree that the linux install could be improved. I would like the installed data tree to be separate from the code tree, optionally.For example its hard to find the hardcoded paths in the source and this is a real LACK if i install on linux and dont want to but it in the root directory. I would like to work on it but its not well commented and structured into files about reading the .KiCad .pcbnew files ...I would like to be able to put the code in /opt/kicad or /home/dick/kicad and cannot do that now. And I would like to put the data tree in /home/dick/kicaddata for example.CMake would need to spit out some C++ code containing the selected paths and then that would be used instead of the hard coded paths in gestfiche.cppThere may be ways, but this seems workable to me.Using relative paths may be an usable if not a particularly elegant solution. The CMake default installs files using the typical (if there is actually such a thing as typical) Linux file system hierarchy where executables are installed in /bin and data and doc files are installed in share/kicad/ relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. Even running "make install" in Windows will preserve this heirarchy albeit typically under "c:\Program Files\Kicad". If you don't deviate from this pattern you can always find the data and doc files relative the executable path. This has the advantage of being able to install development versions in a non-standard path for debugging purposes. Wayne
Wayne,Yes I think you have the same understanding of the status quo as I do. But unless I misunderstand you, I do not think your solution addresses the weakness that I pointed out.
In a simple scenario, say you wanted to have the binaries in one place, say on a network drive, and you wanted to install the data files, such as libraries, etc elsewhere, the fact that these are tied to the same root tree is a restriction that is too harsh in my opinion. It is common in linux/unix to have two separate trees one for app binaries and one for app data.
I simply following a time honored trend. To do it, there needs to be a separate anchor path for the data part of the tree, not tied to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
CMAKE_INSTALL_BINARIES_PREFIX and CMAKE_INSTALL_DATA_PREFIX or similar. Why is this time honored?Only an administrator might have authority to update the program files, whereas each user might be given authority to control his own data. This kind of thinking comes not from me. I believe some of it is discussed in the LSB document.
It is simply a matter of adding and decoupling CMAKE variables. They can default to the same however. Then we need to change where the data files are found. This is either autogenerating a hard coded path at installation time, or by testing an environment variable.
Another scenario is when somebody, say a developer, wants multiple binaries, but only a single copy of the libraries and application data.
This is not a lot of work, and I think it would add value to a user's experience.
Dick
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