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Re: Building KiCad on windows

 

It looks like one of the errors is an internal MinGW error when I try to
build.
Attached are some of my logs from the build process of Kicad-Winbuilder.

-Travis


On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Simon Turner <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

>  OK build success but I have to start kicad with the runkicad.bat file ?
>
> What have I actually done ? can I transfer this to other computers or move
> it on my current computer ?
>
> I opened the CvPCB program and it can't find any pcb footprints, is this
> all due to upgrading to the latest version that does things differently or
> is something broken ?
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> On 02/02/2014 15:49, Simon Turner wrote:
>
> whoops might be I got in a muddle and used the old winbuilder version,
> trying again.......
>
> Simon
>
>
>  On 02/02/2014 15:44, Simon Turner wrote:
>
> 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> <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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