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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/21/2012 4:26 PM, Denis Kuzmenko wrote:
> Hi Wayne.
>
> Here's my problem:
> when I launch freshly built kicad and try to open schematic it says
> "Command <eeschema> not found".
> With my patch I can avoid that:
> export PATH=$PATH:`pwd`/eeschema/
> kicad/kicad

Do you mean that you run the kicad application from the build directory? 
 If so, that is your problem.  Each KiCad child application is built in 
it's own directory which means you would have to add each application 
build directory to your PATH variable.  Obviously that would be rather 
cumbersome.  When I'm testing new builds I generally run the application 
(eeschema, pcbnew) directly rather than launching them through kicad. 
If I need to debug the interaction between kicad and it's child 
applications then I install everything in a separate temporary folder by 
setting -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/some_test_path when I run cmake to 
create my build environment.  Then all I have to do is export 
PATH=~/some_test_path:$PATH from the command line and kicad can find all 
of it's child apps.

> But I failed how to manage that with ldconfig command. Can you give me
> some hints? Should I add `pwd`/eeschema/ to the library cache?

This is correct, ldconfig is for managing shared objects not 
executables.  The PATH environment variable is used to tell the system 
where to find executables.  I cannot see how using $PATH within kicad to 
find executables buys you anything.


Wayne

> Best Regards, Denys Kuzmenko.
>
>
> 2012/7/21 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > There already is a better way.  It's called ldconfig.  This is how you
> > manage library paths in Linux.  It allows you to add custom paths to your
> > hearts content.  You can even add temporary paths in a console for debugging
> > custom libraries.  I see no reason add something to KiCad that is handled at
> > the system level.  I would not support any patch that would disregard the
> > system level library management.  Windows is another story since it does not
> > have a library manager other than the PATH environment variable in which
> > case you would just use the PATH environment variable.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > On 7/21/2012 12:41 PM, Denis Kuzmenko wrote:
> > > Hi Arius,
> > >
> > > I've tried to find some better way but failed.
> > > Any suggestions on how to do it better?
> > > Anyways this code will not break windows but will give additional
> > > feature to Linux distribution.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards, Denys Kuzmenko.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2012/7/21 arius <cpp.development@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > > Hm, this seems not to be a Windows compatible solution, because the path
> > > > separator there is typically ";".
> > > >
> > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > Von: Denis Kuzmenko <dart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > An: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Gesendet: 1:55 Dienstag, 17.Juli 2012
> > > > > Betreff: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Look in PATH for binaries
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > This patch makes software to look also in PATH environment variable
> > > > > directories for binaries to launch.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Best Regards, Denys Kuzmenko.
> > > > >
> > > > > === modified file 'common/gestfich.cpp'
> > > > > --- common/gestfich.cpp 2012-01-26 19:48:45 +0000
> > > > > +++ common/gestfich.cpp 2012-07-16 23:50:22 +0000
> > > > > @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
> > > > > #include <wx/mimetype.h>
> > > > > #include <wx/filename.h>
> > > > > #include <wx/dir.h>
> > > > > +#include <wx/utils.h>
> > > > > +#include <wx/tokenzr.h>
> > > > >
> > > > > /* List of default paths used to locate help files and KiCad library
> > > > > files.
> > > > >    *
> > > > > @@ -409,6 +411,19 @@
> > > > >               return FullFileName;
> > > > >       }
> > > > >
> > > > > +    /* Look in PATH environment variable */
> > > > > +    wxString path;
> > > > > +    wxGetEnv(wxT("PATH"), &path);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +    wxStringTokenizer tkz(path, wxT(":"));
> > > > > +    while(tkz.HasMoreTokens())
> > > > > +    {
> > > > > +       FullFileName = tkz.GetNextToken() + shortname;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       if( wxFileExists( FullFileName ) )
> > > > > +                       return FullFileName;
> > > > > +    }
> > > > > +
> > > > >       return shortname;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
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