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Re: Building KiCad on windows

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OK It's been running, yes on windows 7

I now have:
*CMake error at kicadwinbuilder.cmake:1110 <file>: file COPY cannot find "C:/kicad-winbuilder-3.2/src/library/library"-** 
**press any key to continue
*So I got some sort of a build out of it, the layout of the kicad manager window is a bit messed up, the program icons are too far left and encroach on the file list and some are missing.
The PCB program won't start because it can't find libcairo-2.dll, the icons for the programs to the left of it are missing. Oh and does it really need to take up 2.5GB of space ? 


Simon


On 02/02/2014 13:54, Milan Horák wrote:

Hi,

I'm happy to hear this.
Did look into your logs - it seems like there was problem with too long path to a file required to compile process. 

Shortening the path should help (seems it did).

Milan

Dne 2.2.2014 14:29, Simon Turner napsal(a):

Well I put it in C: and it's still building long after it would have
died so must be working. Thank you, let you know how it turns out.

Simon

On 02/02/2014 12:42, Simon Turner wrote:

I have, and the previous logs were from it but I was not in C: so I'm
running again from C:

Simon

On 02/02/2014 12:35, Milan Horák wrote:

Hi,

you should download latest kicad-winbuilder (version 3.3) -
https://launchpad.net/kicad-winbuilder

Milan

Dne 2.2.2014 12:43, Simon Turner napsal(a):

See coments below
On 02/02/2014 11:28, Milan Horák wrote:

Hi,

it should be simple (read 'Works for me'):

- Enter 'kicad-winbuilder/env' directory and run 'make.bat' *No
make.bat in this folder, using the one from the main folder does
not work*
- Wait for the script to finish
- In 'kicad-winbuilder' directory run 'make.bat' *Thats all i was
trying but got errors, log files attached*
- In 'kicad-winbuilder' directory run 'RunKiCad.bat' *ok haven't done 
that yet and the make fails*

Milan

Dne 2.2.2014 11:50, Simon Turner napsal(a):

I tried but got errors and was told to check the logs that told me
nothing other than error2 and error3, I just gave up. I ended up with 
1.25GB of cmake files and stuff and noactual programs.

I found the instructions a bit minimal, any chance of a better
instruction being written for it ?

Simon


On 01/02/2014 21:52, Ed Johns wrote:


Simon,

Have you tried using  kicad winbuilder? It has the full build
environment which downloads the latest source.

It is on launchpad as well.

- Ed

On Feb 1, 2014 4:47 PM, "Simon Turner"
<simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Hello All
Just thought I'd raise something. It seems that the time between 
    releases is lengthening as more work is being done to make
things
much better. I did once manage to build a fresh version of KiCAD 
    on ubuntu and was very pleased with the progress but this was
the
    only way of getting the most up to date features. I have since
    abandoned ubuntu (thout shalt now screw with my hardware
thank you
    on pain of being removed !) and have tried to build the latest
version on windows to no avail. I'm no programming expert (mcu's 
    in arduino is my limit so far) but I'm no idiot and can follow
    instructions but instructions for windows builds seem to lack
and
    everything bangs on about ubuntu.

    Is there any chance of making it easier to build KiCAD on
windows
    or am I missing some information out there ?

    Thanks for all your work,

    Simon

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